Hester Hogan Stallings Obituary

In loving memory of Hester Hogan Stallings (New Bern, North Carolina), who departed this world on January 4, 2026 at the age of 88. Hester leaves behind a legacy remembered by family and friends. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.

As we bid Hester farewell, let us not mourn the absence of her physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of her spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Hester is not truly gone, but merely transformed, her energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.

She was predeceased by: her husband James Stallings, Jr.; and her son Christopher McCullough. She is survived by: her children, Jenifer S. Utz of New Bern, Patrick McCullough and James Stallings III of New Bern; her sister Hetty Christensen of Naples, Florida; her grandchildren, Darcy Claire Welsh, Addison Elizabeth Utz, Brandi Hooks, Jonathan McCullough, Christopher McCullough and Aspen Stallings; and her great grandchildren, Rhett Hooks and Ryder Hooks. She is also survived by nieces and nephews.