Mary Kathryn Hester Travis

Mary Kathryn Hester Travis, 67, of Paragould died Sunday November 13, 2011 at the Flo & Phil Jones Hospice House.

Mary was born January 12, 1944 to the late JT and Mary Jewell Hester, and she has been a lifetime resident in NE Arkansas. She was a homemaker, and a member of the New Antioch Baptist Church. She had many hobbies; singing and playing the mandolin, gardening, photography, and watching NASCAR, and she had a true passion for children.

In addition to her parents JT and Mary Jewell Hester, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Bobby G. Travis; and two brothers, Gary and Robert “Lowell” Hester.

Survivors include her brothers, Bob Hester Jonesboro, Tommy Hester of Bay; and many nieces and nephews; and a host of family and friends.

Funeral Service will be at 10a.m. on Wednesday in the Emerson Memorial Chapel with Bro. Harold Russell officiating. Burial will follow at Pine Log Cemetery with Emerson Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Visitation will be Tuesday from 5-7p.m. at Emerson Funeral Home.

Honored to serve as pallbearers are James Cathey, Kevin Hester, Jared Bassham, Lavon Crawford, Randall Ishmael, and Jimmy Warnick.

Online Registry: www.emersonfuneralhome.com