Funeral services for Gladys Woodley Hester, 92 of Marshall will be held at 2:30 p.m., Saturday August 25, 2012 at Friendship Baptist Church with Rev. Matt Paul, Rev. Mike Midkiff, and Rev. David Rice officiating. Interment will follow in Fairview Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6-8 p.m., Friday August 24, 2012 at Downs Funeral Home. Mrs. Hester passed away August 21, 2012 at her residence. Gladys Woodley Hester was born November 22, 1919 in Harrison Co., TX. to Walter Everett Woodley and Anna Mae Mercer Woodley. She graduated from Elysian Fields High School in 1936, East Texas Baptist College in 1954, and received her masters' degree at Stephen F. Austin in 1959. On December 22, 1940 she married Ray Marion Hester in Harrison Co., TX. He preceded her in death on June 27, 1999. Gladys taught elementary school in Harrison Co. and for MISD for 36 years. She was a faithful member of Friendship Baptist Church in the Gill community for over 60 years and had taught Sunday school and served on many church committees. Surviving Mrs. Hester are two sons, Clifford Ray Hester and wife UnSon of Ft. Worth, TX. and Weldon L. Hester and wife Cathy of Mooringsport, LA.; grandchildren, Elly and Neal Tucker of Ft. Worth, TX., Bob and Selina Hester of Beckville, TX., Sherea and Joe Galvin of Ft. Worth, TX., Vickie Barnett of Irving, TX., and Francis and Ken Bier of Mooringsport, LA.; thirteen great-grandchildren; one brother, Larry Woodley and wife Linda of Elysian Fields, TX.; one sister, Betty Jane Clark of Elysian Fields, TX, and a number of nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, grandson, Marvin Tarver, Jr. and her sisters and brothers. Serving as pallbearers are Roy Adams, Jimmy Jones, Bill Wynne, Ernie Marshall, Joe Williams, and Danny Vernon. Honorary pallbearers will be Larry Slone, Earnest Marshall, Ray Maddox, Don Black, W.D. Mason, and her nephews. The family requests memorials to the Family Life Center at Friendship Baptist Church 1140 FM 1186, Marshall, TX. 75672