Hester (Beal) Crow, 84, of Festus, Missouri, formerly of Olney, died Tuesday, March 21, 1995, at Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Crystal City, Mo.  Funeral services at the Vinyard Funeral Home in Festus with Rev. Duane McGormley officiating. Burial in the Sunset Memorial Gardens in Odessa, Texas.

Crow was born Oct. 21, 1910, in Greenbriar, Mo., the daughter of Charles and Donnie (Bemont) Beal. She married William Crow.

She was a retired bookkeeper for J.C. Penney. She was a member of the First Christian Church.

She is survived by two close friends, Olive Perryman and Ruby Graff, both of Festus.

Crow was preceded in death by her husband and two brothers, Glen Beal and Clarence Beal.

Published in Olney Daily Mail (IL) - March 30, 1995