Alicia Gale Lester, age 63, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Thursday, July 9, 2020, at Arkansas Hospice in Hot Springs.  She was born February 3, 1957, in Malvern, the daughter of the late Otis and Dorothy Efird Shepherd.  Alicia was a 1975 graduate of Ouachita High School.  She was a member of Twin Rivers Church of the Nazarene in Caddo Valley.  Alicia was preceded in death by her parents, one brother, Sam Shepherd and one sister, Ina Carter.

Survivors are her husband, Mark Lester, one son, Sam Shepherd (Charity) of Donaldson, two daughters, Andrea McDaniel of Arkadelphia, and Kristi Lester of Donaldson, one brother, Bill Woolsey (Jackie) of Raleigh, NC, two sisters, Peggy Shepherd of Donaldson, and Christine Pope (Rick) of Malvern, four grandchildren, Sarah Shepherd of Hot Springs, Camryn Allison of Arkadelphia, Ava and Eden Shepherd both of Donaldson.

No services are planned at this time.

Final arrangements are entrusted to The Welch Funeral Home of Arkadelphia.  Visit www.welchfh.net to sign the guest book.