Beverly Corene Hester Stanhope, 81, of Chillicothe, passed from this life following an extended illness, Saturday August 31, 2013, at her residence.
She was born June 29, 1932 in Ross County, the daughter of the late Frank R. and Beulah Jenkins Hester. On December 18, 1978, she married John Franklin Stanhope, who survives.
Also surviving are her two children, Blaine Anthony Wills and Rhonda Jean Wills, her sister Barbara Cartwright, Chillicothe, a step-daughter Carolyn Ward, and grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Beverly was preceded in death by her parents, one brother Richard Franklin Hester, and one step-daughter Debbie Stanhope.
The family will receive friends at the Fawcett Oliver Glass & Palmer Funeral Home from 2 to 3 PM, Thursday, September 5, 2013. Graveside services will be held 3:30 PM, Thursday in Mt. Carmel Cemetery.
Memorial Contributions may be made to the Heartland Hospice.