Sarah Helen Calmes Estes, age 67, of Calmes Road in Irvine, passed away Tuesday, August 20, 2024, at the University of Kentucky Hospital. She was born October 8, 1956, in Richmond, Ky and was the daughter of Howard Calmes and the late Virginia Wiseman Calmes. She was a graduate of the Estill County High School class of 1974. She soon married her high school sweetheart, Garry Estes, later that year, and they were married for 49 wonderful years. She was a homemaker, devoted wife, and loving mother to her two daughters Julie Anna and Alissa Leigh. Her life’s work was dedicated to her family, and she was truly a Proverbs 31 woman. Sarah was an active, life- long member of the River Drive Christian Church where she served as youth leader, VBS coordinator, and on Moore’s Circle. Sarah loved nothing more than to spend time with her family, daughters, and most of all her four grandchildren, Hannah, Harper, Slade, and Kenna.
In addition to her husband, Garry, she is survived by her daughters Julie (Brent) Raider and Alissa (Kenny) Bell, her father Howard Calmes, two sisters Judy (Tracy) Adams and Jane Pendergrass. She is also survived by a host of nieces and nephews, four grandchildren, Hannah, Harper, Slade, and Kenna, who she loved with her whole heart. Sarah always said to her grandchildren that she loved them with her whole heart and that they made her super happy.
She is preceded in death by her mother, Virginia Wiseman Calmes, her in-laws, Merriell and Modena Smith Estes, her brother-in-law Ronald Estes, and her sister-in-law Carolyn Estes Tuggle.
Visitation will be held at River Drive Christian Church on Friday, August 23, 2024, from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. A memorial service in celebration of her life will be held Saturday, August 24, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. at River Drive Christian Church. Services will be conducted by Bro. Randy Beard. A brief graveside service will be held immediately thereafter at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers are Brent Raider, Kenny Bell, Bryan Adams, Shaun Adams, Jamie Bingham, and Dalton Leet. Honorary pallbearers are Slade Freeman, Brian Gordon, Terry Carter, Derek Estes, and the men of River Drive Christian Church.
Toler Funeral Home in Irvine, Ky will handle the arrangements.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in her memory to River Drive Christian Church.
