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- Mrs. Hester D. Reece Eggers, age 89, of 919 Medical Park Drive, Mountain City, formerly of Trade, Tenn., passed away, Friday, Dec. 1, 2006 in the Mountain City Care Center following an extended illness.
She was a native of Johnson County and was born Sept. 14, 1917 to the late Roby C. and Callie Miller Reece.
Mrs. Eggers was a member of the Mountain City Church of Christ and loved flowers, gardening, quilting and her family and friends.
Survivors include three sons, Donald Eggers and wife, Louise, of Vilas, N.C., Curtis Eggers and wife, Lucy, of Boone, N.C., Norman Ray (Bub) Eggers or Trade, Tenn.; five daughters, Louise Morefield and husband, Everette, of Meadowview, Va., Lucille Cress of Mountain City, Juanita Eggers of Mountain City, Cara Lee Johnson and husband, Bernard, of Boone, N.C. and Jo Ella Winters of Mountain City; one daughter-in-law, Susie Eggers of Catawba, N.C.; one brother, Roby Reece Jr. of Have-De-Grace, Md.; one sister, Dora Eggers of Mountain City, Tenn.; 28 grandchildren; 47 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews and a host of friends.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Edgar W. Eggers, who passed away Jan. 3, 2004; also by a son, Cecil Eggers; four brothers and five sisters; one son-in-law, Allen Cress; one great-granddaughter; and one great-grandson.
Funeral services were held 2:00 p. m. Sunday, Dec. 3, 2006 from the Chapel of the Henson Funeral Home with Mr. Vergil Cretsinger and Mr. Bill Reece, ministers officiating.
Burial followed in the Sunset Memorial Park.
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1917 - 2006 (89 years)
