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Catherine Lester
contributed by The Hugo Daily News

Services for Catherine Lester, of Soper, were at 2 p.m. Feb. 22, 2003 at the Miller & Miller funeral chapel in Hugo. Bro. Mutt Wallace officiated the ceremony. Interment followed at Goodland Cemetery.

The family received friends from 6-8 p.m. Feb. 21, 2003 at Miller & Miller Funeral Home in Hugo.

Catherine Lester died Feb. 18 at her home in Soper. She was 77.

Catherine Lester was born Nov. 15, 1925 in Hugo to Tom Nelson and Amanda “Lizzy” (Pryor) Nelson. She married R.B. Lester Nov. 27, 1943 in Hugo.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, two sisters and five brothers.

She is survived by five sons, Robert Lester of Hugo, Ronnie Lester of Paris, Texas, John Wayne Lester, Roy Lester and Weldon Lester, all of Hugo; five daughters, Lynda Bridges of Hugo, Kay Lester of Hugo, Terri Babb of Soper, Sherri Lester of Hugo and Helen Taylor of Soper; one sister, Irene Reaves of Floydada, Texas; two brothers, Lloyd Nelson of Floydada, Texas and Gene Nelson of Lubbock, Texas; 39 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren.

Miller & Miller Funeral Home in Hugo handled the funeral arrangements.