PORTSMOUTH, VA – Ester Cleo Cherry Hairston, 97, of Portsmouth, VA, formerly of Bertie County, died Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at Fourth Baptist Church, Portsmouth, VA. Burial will be at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, September 14, 2016 at the Albert G. Horton Jr. Memorial Veterans Cemetery, Suffolk, VA. Wilder’s Funeral Home, Aulander, is handling the arrangements.