Arthur Faust

Omar Benjamin

Family and Friends

Dabney Faust

Renee Faust

Family and Friends

That Awful Day Will Surely Come (Hester’s favorite gospel song)

That awful day will surely come,

Th’ appointed hour makes haste,

When I must stand before my Judge,

And pass the solemn test.

Give me one kind assuring word

To sink my fears again,

And cheerfully my soul shall wait

Her threescore years and ten.

“I gave you your flowers while you lived.” JoAnn B. Faust

The family of the late Hester “Hes” Whitaker would like to thank Mary

Harrison (the Bojangle’s Chicken Lady), Justina Udogwu, Halls 200 and 100 at

PruittHealth, the Osborne-Faust and Benjamin families for your love and

support throughout the years, and

Bishop Sylvester Reid and Refuge Temple Church.

God will bless you all.,.I promise.

Bostick-Tompkins Funeral Home 2930 Colonial Drive Columbia, South Carolina 29203

Willie A. Tompkins, Founder

803.254.2000

bosticktompkinsinc.com

For I am ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth

there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge,

shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his

appearing.

II Timothy 4: 6-8 (KJV)

Ms. Hester Whitaker, age 97 and formerly of Richland Street, passed away on

Saturday February 25, 2017 at Pruitt Health in Columbia, South Carolina. She

was born July 17, 1919 to the late Mollie Whitaker in the Boykin Section of

Sumter County, South Carolina. As a child, Hester attended Rafting Creek

School of Sumter County, where her favorite teacher was Mrs. May Wright.

She relocated to Columbia with her ailing mother whom she took care of for

many years until her death. She had a long career as a domestic worker for

families at a boarding home. Her last place of employment was at The Capital

Cabana Hotel, working as a kitchen aide. Hess loved to watch everything from

her kitchen and bedroom windows. Her favorite foods were fish and cheese,

and oh boy, did she love coffee! The joy of her life was Buster Ray whom she

called “My Buster”.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Buster; mother, Mollie Whitaker;

daughters, Mollie and Mary; first cousins: Lillie Mae Edwards, Richmond Crim,

Alice Parker; friends: Roseatta Davis, Mrs. Shealy, Mary Robinson, and Jessie

Bell Hunter.

Left to cherish her fond memories are her grandsons: Arthur and Jeffery

Portee both of Columbia, SC; Harry Womack of Sumter, SC; Richard Portee of

New Jersey, James Portee of Rembert, SC; granddaughters, Glory Portee of

Rembert, SC, Linder Mickens of Sumter, SC; Mollie’s grandchildrenin in PA;

cousins: Juanita Osborne, Rosa Lee Osborne of Rembert, SC, Teddie Osborne

of Columbia, SC, Sonny and Doretha Edwards both of Charlotte, NC, Dorothy

Blume, Christine Lawson; goddaughter, JoAnn B. Faust and family all of

Columbia, SC, and a host of other loving relatives and friends.

Prelude

Processional

Hymn of Praise

Scripture Readings ................................................................................................... Clergy

Prayer of Comfort .............................................................................. Robert Parker, Jr. Cousin

Solo ................................................................................................... Joyce Benjamin Scott Family Friend

Remarks (three minutes please) ..................................... CSM. (Ret.) Teddy Osbourne Cousin

Justina Udogwu Ethel Samuel-Marshall

PruittHealth Staff

JoAnn B. Faust Goddaughter and Niece

Acknowledgments ................................................................................... JoAnn B. Faust

Solo .................................................................... Joyce Benjamin Scott, Family Friend

Words of Comfort ..................................................................... Bishop Sylvester Reid Pastor, Refuge Temple Church

Final Farewell to Our Beloved “Hes” ............................. Bostick-Tompkins Staff

Recessional

Committal, Closing Prayer, Benediction & Interment

Farrow Road, Columbia, South Carolina