Hester Lang
Posted: July 20, 2018
COLUMBUS — Hester Bernice Edwards-Lang, 78, died July 15, 2018, at her residence. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Mt. Olive M.B. Church in Ethelsville, Alabama with the Rev. Henry Pope officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 3-8 p.m. Friday at Carter’s Funeral Services. Carter’s Funeral Services is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Lang was born Oct. 2, 1939, in Pickensville, Alabama, to the late Dan and Luberta Edwards. She was formerly employed as a machine operator with United Technologies and was a member of Mt. Olive M.B. Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Johnnie L. Lang; and sisters, Margaret, Annie and Sarah. She is survived by her daughters, Dorothy Lang and Lula Fenton, both of Columbus and Barbara O’Banner of Byram; sons, Roy Lang and Johnny F. Lang, both of Columbus; brother, Bennie Stinson of Los Angeles, California; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Timothy Hinton, Demetrius Shambly, Michael Jones, Gary Tate, Johnny McGraw, Marcus Brewer, Terrell Lamar and Napoleon Stevenson.