Hanford “Hank” Edison Kesterson, 91, passed away Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020, at his home in Parrott.
He was owner and operator of Hank’s Drive-In in Radford and was a member of the Parrott Church of God. Hank was also a U. S. Army veteran.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Guy and Ethel Kesterson; his wife, Virginia Kesterson; a son, Kenneth “Tweeter” Brown; brothers Marshall, Wes, Percy and Stanley Kesterson; sisters Pearl Stewart, Dorothy Sheppard, Audrey Nunley, Elsie Kesterson and Maimie Price; and great-great niece Kennedy Myers.
Survivors include his brother, Bobby Kesterson and wife, Kim; special daughter/niece, Shenna Viers and her husband Brent and children Carley Viers, Heaven (William) Gravley, Kayla (Jordan) Myers, Ashley (Josh) Dunbar and Heather (Brandon) Rithamel. Also surviving are Dale and Barbara Bain, Teresa and Bob Hurt, Jennifer and Colin Martin, Debra and Pete Roan, Sandra Nelson, Kenneth Stoots, Kurt Wade, Terri Reese and Robbie and Kim Stoots; a special son, Mark Robic; a very special great-great niece and nephew, Emma Gravley and Jonah Myers; and numerous great nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. today, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, at Walton Pentecostal Holiness Church with Pastors T. Michael Bond and Jordan Myers officiating. Interment will follow in Highland Memory Gardens in Dublin with full military honors.
The family received friends Tuesday evening at the church.
The Kesterson family is in the care of Mullins Funeral Home & Crematory in Radford. www.mullinsfuneralhome.com.
