Lloyd D. Kesterson

UMPIRE — Mr. Lloyd Dee Kesterson, age 95, a resident of Umpire, Ark., died Friday, Nov.

23, 2018, in Hot Springs, Ark. He was born March 22, 1923, in Umpire. He was a farmer, delivered LP Gas locally for a number of years and was a member of the Community Church in Umpire. He was a World War II Army veteran and fought valiantly in the Battle of the Bulge. He was also a 32-degree Mason, Worthy Grand Patron of Eastern Star for the state of Arkansas in 1982.

Mr. Kesterson was preceded in death by his parents, John and Pearl Kesterson; his wife, Honey Bunch Pinkerton Kesterson; and one son, Edsal Kesterson.

He is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Terry and Chren Kesterson, of Hot Springs, Ark.; one brother, Homer Kesterson, of Forks, Wash.; five grandchildren, Lloyd Wayne Kesterson, Andrea Kesterson Galt, Haley Kesterson, Nicki Landry and John Clay Howell; and seven great-grandchildren.

Funeral services for Mr. Kesterson will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018, in the Community Church in Umpire with Haley Kesterson, the Rev. John Henry Williams and the Rev. Don Vaughn officiating. Burial will follow in the Bissell Chapel Cemetery, under the direction of Wilkerson Funeral Home in Dierks.

The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28, at the funeral home in Dierks.

You may leave a condolence online at http://www.wilkersonfuneralhomes.com.