On Saturday, June 7, 2025, Estia Drusilla Hampsey Solana passed from this life unexpectedly in her home in Sevierville, TN.

Estia was born in Granite City, IL on April 29, 1949, the first child of John and Marybelle Hampsey.

She loved the Lord and was baptized in water and filled with the Holy Spirit at a very young age.

She worked in many different areas of the church, cooking, cleaning, serving in the minister's dining room, and singing in the choir. After graduating High School, she served as the church secretary for several years at 500 N. Kingshighway Blvd, in St. Louis.

Estia was a bookkeeper, realtor and a legal secretary for many years.

Her parents took her as a young child to the Wood River, IL church under Bro. Clarence Gorman.

She also attended church on Tesson Ferry Rd in St. Louis under the ministry of her Uncle Bro. Thomas Miles Jolly.

She later attended Christian Worship Center in Caseyville, IL and Prayer Meetings in her Mother and Father's home.  She also opened her home for Prayer Meetings in Tennessee under the leadership of Herb and Thomas McCarty. It was a haven for her friends and family to worship and fellowship.

Estia was a cherished member of our family, a loyal friend, and a source of joy to all who knew her.

She will be remembered for her strong faith in God and gracious spirit.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 46 years, Paul D Solana, her parents John and Marybelle Hampsey, her grandparents Harry and Mary Stamps and Lawrence and Thelma Hampsey, her sister-in-law Vickie Hampsey and her nephews Jacob Hampsey and Chadwick Collins.

She is survived by her brother John (Joyce) Hampsey, her sisters Deborah (Dennis) Collins, Laura (Buz) Edens, and Katrina (Herb) McCarty, Uncles; James (Belva) Hampsey, Richard (Susan) Stamps and Daniel Stamps.

Special recognition to Herb, Katrina, Thomas and Laurabelle McCarty for the many hours of caregiving for Estia.

She has many nieces and nephews: Darwin (Elisha), Heather, Merideth, John (Andrea), Thomas, Laurabelle and Matthew, as well as many great-nieces and nephews and cousins.

Visitation will be held from 10:30-Noon on Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at the Sunset Hill Funeral Home, 50 Fountain Drive, Glen Carbon, IL.

Service will begin at Noon with pastors DeWayne Jolly and Alfred Daves officiating.

Burial will follow at Green Mount Cemetery, 679 S. Green Mount Rd., Belleville, IL.

The family is being served by Sunset Hill Funeral Home, 50 Fountain Drive, Glen Carbon, Illinois  62034  (618) 565-3220.