Saturday, July 4, 2009

Shawn Matthew Hester

It's been two years since the Fourth of July holiday turned from celebration to mourning for the family of Shawn Matthew Hester of Pascagoula.

Born Nov. 28, 1992, Matthew lost his life at age 14 during an autombile accident on Interstate 10 in Moss Point.

Matthew, a student at Trent Lott Middle School in Pascagoula, had played baseball since he was 8 years old and was an avid skateboarder.

Shawn was preceded in death by his grandfathers Elmer R. Carr and James William Hester Sr.

At the time of his death he was survived by mother Carolyn Renee Hester of Pascagoula, father and step-mother Billy and Audrey Hester of Lucedale, sister Lauren Faith of Biloxi, and brothers Jacob William Hester of Lucedale and Caleb Michael Myrick of Pascagoula; step-sister Devon Delancey and a step-brother Hunter Delancey, both of Lucedale; grandmother and her husband Wilma C. and Donald Price of Pascagoula; maternal grandmother Wanda Jackson of Grand Bay, Ala.; four uncles and an aunt who include Loretta Necaise of Jackson, Miss., Alex Clay Green of Jackson, Lindsey Hester and Jenna Hester, both of Gautier and

Kevin Wayne Carr and Kenneth Ray Carr, both of GrandBay, James W. Hester Jr of Gautier, and Ron and Jean Carr of Kiln, Miss.; cousins Loretta Necaise of Jackson, Alex Clay Green of Jackson, Donald Aaron Green of Kiln, Lindsey Hester and Jenna Hester, both of Gauttier, and may other relatives and friends.

Holder-Wells Funeral Home in Moss Point handled funeral arrangements and interment, which is at Jackson County Memorial Park in Pascagoula.

2 comments:

LAPrice said...

Shawn's accident was actually on Forts Lake Road just north of the Demouey Road intersection. There is still a cross erected in his memory. He was laid to rest next to his grandfather Elmer Carr in Jackson County Memorial Park. Shawn's absents is missed by the family daily.

LAPrice said...

Shawn's accident was actually on Forts Lake Road just north of the Demouey Road intersection. There is still a cross erected in his memory. He was laid to rest next to his grandfather Elmer Carr in Jackson County Memorial Park. Shawn's absents is missed by the family daily.