Individual Details

1930 Census. LaGrange, Troup Co, GA, Hh 30
Earnest Hester, 32, married at age 22, b. AL, Section Hand; Cotton Mill
Jimmie, wife, 31, married at 21, b. AL
Earnest Jr., son, 9, b. AL
Jacqueline, dau, 7, b. AL
Gaston, son, 5, b. AL
Jerrold, son, 2 years, 9 months, b. GA
Merian, dau, 7 months, b. GA

Ernest Gordon Hester served in the U.S. Navy, World War I. Enlisted as an apprentice seaman, 17 Jan 1917 - he was 18 years, 9 months, old. Bowdon, Carroll Co, GA. Also served as Seaman 2nd Class and Storekeeper 3rd Class until 11 Nov 1918. He served on the USS Jason.
His Tennessee Death Certificate #13049. Ernest Gordon Hester died 4 May 1957 at his home, 114 Walling St., McMinnville, Warren Co, TN of myocardial infarction. He was born 4 Apr 1898 in Georgia and was married. His wife was Jimmie Gaston. His occupation was Superintendent at the Rockford Mills. Father was William Tapley Hester; mother Leann Adamson. Mrs. E. G. Hester of McMinnville was the informant. Buried on May 6th at Mt. View Cemetery, McMinnville.
Note: Leanne Adamson appears to have been a descendant of Basil Adamson of Maryland - not my family line

Mrs. Ernest Gordon Hester applied for a military grave marker, 31 May 1957, from McMinnville, TN. Enlistment date given as 17 Jan 1917; discharged 22 Feb 1920.

Jimmie died 4 Jun 1985 and is also buried Mr. View Cemetery, McMinnville, Warren Co, TN

Birth	15 Oct 1898	Randolph County, Alabama
Marriage	1920	Ernest Gordon Hester
Death	4 May 1985	Sylacauga, Talledega County, Alabama

Spouse	Ernest Gordon Hester (1898 - 1957)
Child	Jimmie Jacqueline Hester (1922 - 2000)
Child	Gaston Tapley Hester (1925 - 2000)
Child	Miriam Carolyn Hester (1929 - 1989)
Child	Harold Larson Hester (1931 - 1933)
Child	James Harlin Hester (1933 - 2002)

Father	Samuel Burns Gaston (1855 - 1939)
Mother	Zilphia Jane Avery (1854 - 1925)