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Arthur Faust
Omar Benjamin
Family and Friends
Dabney Faust
Renee Faust
Family and Friends
That Awful Day Will Surely Come (Hester’s favorite gospel song)
That awful day will surely come,
Th’ appointed hour makes haste,
When I must stand before my Judge,
And pass the solemn test.
Give me one kind assuring word
To sink my fears again,
And cheerfully my soul shall wait
Her threescore years and ten.
“I gave you your flowers while you lived.” JoAnn B. Faust
The family of the late Hester “Hes” Whitaker would like to thank Mary
Harrison (the Bojangle’s Chicken Lady), Justina Udogwu, Halls 200 and 100 at
PruittHealth, the Osborne-Faust and Benjamin families for your love and
support throughout the years, and
Bishop Sylvester Reid and Refuge Temple Church.
God will bless you all.,.I promise.
Bostick-Tompkins Funeral Home 2930 Colonial Drive Columbia, South Carolina 29203
Willie A. Tompkins, Founder
803.254.2000
bosticktompkinsinc.com
For I am ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth
there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge,
shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his
appearing.
II Timothy 4: 6-8 (KJV)
Ms. Hester Whitaker, age 97 and formerly of Richland Street, passed away on
Saturday February 25, 2017 at Pruitt Health in Columbia, South Carolina. She
was born July 17, 1919 to the late Mollie Whitaker in the Boykin Section of
Sumter County, South Carolina. As a child, Hester attended Rafting Creek
School of Sumter County, where her favorite teacher was Mrs. May Wright.
She relocated to Columbia with her ailing mother whom she took care of for
many years until her death. She had a long career as a domestic worker for
families at a boarding home. Her last place of employment was at The Capital
Cabana Hotel, working as a kitchen aide. Hess loved to watch everything from
her kitchen and bedroom windows. Her favorite foods were fish and cheese,
and oh boy, did she love coffee! The joy of her life was Buster Ray whom she
called “My Buster”.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Buster; mother, Mollie Whitaker;
daughters, Mollie and Mary; first cousins: Lillie Mae Edwards, Richmond Crim,
Alice Parker; friends: Roseatta Davis, Mrs. Shealy, Mary Robinson, and Jessie
Bell Hunter.
Left to cherish her fond memories are her grandsons: Arthur and Jeffery
Portee both of Columbia, SC; Harry Womack of Sumter, SC; Richard Portee of
New Jersey, James Portee of Rembert, SC; granddaughters, Glory Portee of
Rembert, SC, Linder Mickens of Sumter, SC; Mollie’s grandchildrenin in PA;
cousins: Juanita Osborne, Rosa Lee Osborne of Rembert, SC, Teddie Osborne
of Columbia, SC, Sonny and Doretha Edwards both of Charlotte, NC, Dorothy
Blume, Christine Lawson; goddaughter, JoAnn B. Faust and family all of
Columbia, SC, and a host of other loving relatives and friends.
Prelude
Processional
Hymn of Praise
Scripture Readings ................................................................................................... Clergy
Prayer of Comfort .............................................................................. Robert Parker, Jr. Cousin
Solo ................................................................................................... Joyce Benjamin Scott Family Friend
Remarks (three minutes please) ..................................... CSM. (Ret.) Teddy Osbourne Cousin
Justina Udogwu Ethel Samuel-Marshall
PruittHealth Staff
JoAnn B. Faust Goddaughter and Niece
Acknowledgments ................................................................................... JoAnn B. Faust
Solo .................................................................... Joyce Benjamin Scott, Family Friend
Words of Comfort ..................................................................... Bishop Sylvester Reid Pastor, Refuge Temple Church
Final Farewell to Our Beloved “Hes” ............................. Bostick-Tompkins Staff
Recessional
Committal, Closing Prayer, Benediction & Interment
Farrow Road, Columbia, South Carolina