Ailcy McKinney Hester, 97, of Muscle Shoals, AL, was born on August 14, 1923 and went to be with the Lord on October 2, 2020. A private graveside service will be held on Saturday, October 3rd at Oakwood Cemetery, Tuscumbia. Bro. Darrell Pace will officiate.
Mrs. Hester was a native of Tuscumbia and a lifelong member of Calvary Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William E. “Bill” Hester; her parents, Newton and Sarah J. McKinney; her brother, Morris McKinney (Nancy); sisters, Sarah Lee McKinney and Georgie Pfeifer; granddaughter, Ginger Renea Shadix; half-brothers, Les McKinney, Leon McKinney, Press McKinney, Jim McKinney; and half-sisters, Pansy Martin and Allien McKinney.
Mrs. Hester is survived by her son, Steve Hester (Nancy), Russellville; daughter, Jo Ann Borden (Gerald), Muscle Shoals; sister, Frances Smallwood, Muscle Shoals; granddaughters, Beverly Pugh (Shannon), Andalusia, Teresa Pace (Walt), Florence, and Melissa Waldrep, Tupelo; great-grandchildren, Zachary Waldrep, Tupelo, Katie Kimbrough (Jeremy), Sheffield, Madeline and Emma Pugh, Andalusia, and Clay Shadix, Parrish; and many great-great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Gerald Borden, Shannon Pugh, Walt Pace, and Walter Smallwood.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital.
