Larry Elijah "Eli" Ray Hester

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Larry Elijah "Eli" Ray Hester, newborn, died Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014 at Northeast Arkansas Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro.

Eli was the newborn son of James Heath and Meredith Hester of Blytheville. He was born Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014.

Along with his parents, he leaves behind:

One sister, Leah Alexis Paige Hester of Blytheville and one brother, Leland James Wallace Hester of Blytheville, both of the home;

His grandparents, Don and Bess Ann Utley-Pease of Blytheville, Carl and Susan Foster of Half Moon and Sam and Brenda Hester of Jonesboro.

Graveside services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, 2014 at Mount Zion Cemetery in Steele, with pastor Paul Strong officiating. Burial will follow in Mount Zion.

Pallbearers are Eli's uncles, Dean Foster and Lindsay Chandler.

The family requests in lieu of flowers, memorials be sent to Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock. John W. German Funeral Home of Steele is in charge of arrangements.