Hester Graham Quick

Hester Graham Quick passed away after an extended illness in her Thomasville, Georgia home. Born to the late Thomas Lonnie Graham & Mercillia Turner Graham on June 15,1937 in Coolidge, GA, in the community that is present day Woodhaven Plantation. The youngest of thirteen siblings, Elco Graham (Betty), Verla Bennett (Charlie), JB Graham (Elisabeth), Vinnie Graham (Allen), O.B. Graham (Jane), Anna Knight (Farris), Thelma Duren (Clyde), Dora Rawlings (Henry), Hoyt Graham (Gertrude), Lawrence Graham (Hattie), Myrtle Duggar (Arbuth), and Ellis Graham, all of whom preceded her in death.

Hester attended Coolidge High school and church at New Hope Freewill Baptist Church in Murphy. In 1950 after the death of her father, she and her siblings Myrtle and Ellis moved to Thomasville with their mother. Hester worked at Inman Drug Store in downtown Thomasville until her marriage to her husband, the late Gene Quick on November 29, 1958. At this time, she also gained a cherished Mother-in-Law, the late Retha Cone Quick and special Brother-in-Law of 68 years, Don Quick, who survives.

A homemaker and stay at home mother, Hester also helped to manage her husband’s businesses, bookkeeping, payroll, taking phone calls and logging messages from her kitchen wall phone while cooking and performing other duties of the household.

Hester & Gene later were among the founding members of Gateway Baptist Church on Remington Avenue and attended until the church closed in late 2018.

Hester took on one of her happiest life roles as Grandmother during this time, proudly keeping her three granddaughters during the day while their parents worked. She delighted in having infants to take care of and continued to delight in the girl’s care as they grew up and needed to be taken to soccer practice, dance class or birthday parties, while caring for her husband, ill for many years during this time, and her aging Mother-in- Law. Whatever she did was always done with a happy servant’s heart.

Always one to care for others, and help those in need, Hester continued to support her siblings as they aged, driving them to appointments, or anything she could do to help them. She was in contact with her siblings’ multiple times during the day, making the rounds ensuring everyone was okay, talking about the weather, or current events. The phone was always ringing and she was always happy to answer. She enjoyed making conversation and getting to know others. Always on the go, she often paid her bills in person, just to have a report with everyone from the cashier at the phone company to the grocery store manager and cashiers, who she knew by name. Eager to lend a hand she would always be willing to reach something on the top shelf for her elders or walk their shopping carts back to the store for them, she would go out of her way to be helpful and courteous, because “that is just what you do.”

Hester enjoyed music and “gospel songs” throughout her life. She lived as the song “One day at a time, sweet Jesus…”

Hester is survived by her children, Karen Quick Jones ((Tim), Ricky Quick (Bobbie) Chris Quick, all of Thomasville, GA. Granddaughters Valerie Jones, Smyrna, GA, Alison Jones, Thomasville, GA and Dr. Erin Quick Whitacre (Noah), North Augusta, SC and a host of Nieces and Nephews locally and across the country. Hester always appreciated her Niece Revonda Graham Barwick, who visited her and brought her fresh flowers every Friday for countless years.

The Quick Family would like to especially thank the care team of Dr. Martha Ward, Caregivers Gwen Gloster, Keandrea (Key Key) Davis, LaVern Smith, Linda Harris, Angela Williams, and especially Harriet Lewis, who has been with “Miss Hester” most every day for nearly four years. Much appreciation for the Georgia Hospice Team, Renee Trawick, Candler Glisson, and Heather Bennett, who enabled Hester to spend her final days among family. We also have deep gratitude for her fitness trainer, Elizabeth Hanscom, who worked diligently to keep Hester mobile and independent as long as possible, even making house calls on cold and rainy days, hair stylist Sharon Johnson, and Cindy Simpson, who also made home visits to keep “Miss Hester’s” standing appointment for nail care. Our community was always joyful and accommodating and allowed our mother to maintain her dignity during difficult days, we are forever grateful.

Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service from 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm at First Baptist Church on Tuesday, October 6, 2026 with funeral services to follow at 3:00pm in the church sanctuary, interment will be at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Thomasville, GA.

In lieu of flowers, please give support to Hospice Care for those in need through donations to The Carnation Foundation at 877-221-3550 or info@CarnationFoundation.org.

Final Arrangements are entrusted to Whiddon Shiver Funeral Home.