John Coleman Lester, Sr.
1896 - 1964 (67 years)-
Name John Coleman Lester Suffix Sr. Birth 3 Jun 1896 Tyne, Sabine Parish, Louisiana 
Gender Male Death 29 Jan 1964 Many, Sabine, Louisiana, USA Burial St. John Catholic Cemetery, Sabine Parish, Louisiana, USA Person ID I48594 Clan Montgomery Society Last Modified 7 May 2024
Father Patrick Henry Lester, b. 25 Oct 1861, Sabine, Louisiana, USA d. 11 Aug 1955 (Age 93 years) Relationship natural Mother Rebecca Jane Rials, b. 30 May 1864, Mississippi, USA d. 1940 (Age 75 years) Relationship natural Marriage 14 Jan 1886 Sabine, Louisiana, USA Family ID F15982 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Edna Theresa DeKeyzer, b. 31 Aug 1899, Many, Sabine, Louisiana, USA d. 8 Jan 1976, Many, Sabine, Louisiana, USA (Age 76 years) Marriage 28 Feb 1918 Leesville, Vernon, Louisiana, USA Children 1. Creed Lester [Father: natural] 2. Robert Lester [Father: natural] 3. Bradley Lester [Father: natural] 4. Clayton Lester [Father: natural] 5. Barbara Lester [Father: natural] 6. Joyce Lester [Father: natural] 7. Effie Marie Lester, b. 1919, Middle Creek, Sabine, Louisiana, USA d. 28 Jan 1919, Middle Creek, Sabine, Louisiana, USA (Age 0 years) [Father: natural]8. Living 9. Living + 10. Carl Orland Lester, b. 26 Oct 1923, Barham, Louisiana, USA d. 25 Jul 1999, Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, USA (Age 75 years) [Father: natural]11. Charles Huey Lester, b. 20 Jan 1928, Sabine, Louisiana, USA d. 5 Aug 1993, Many, Sabine, Louisiana, USA (Age 65 years) [Father: natural]Family ID F15990 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 7 May 2024
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Event Map 
Marriage - 28 Feb 1918 - Leesville, Vernon, Louisiana, USA 
Death - 29 Jan 1964 - Many, Sabine, Louisiana, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Submitted via GEDCOM by Daniel Frederick Montgomery, CMS 2419, on 14 Jul 2004.
John Coleman Lester, Sabine Parish, Sabine Index, Many, LA, Feb 7, 1964
Funeral services were held at Warren Meadows Funeral Chapel, Jan. 31, forJohn Coleman Lester, 67, with the Rev. H. H. Tibbitts officiating.
Mr. Lester died in Shreveport, after a lengthy illness.
Burial was in St. John Cemetery, with Warren Meadows Funeral Home incharge.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Edna Lester; eight sons, Creed, Robert, andCharles, all of Many, Lawrence, and Orland of Shreveport, Bradley, andClayton of Knoxville, Tenn., John C. Jr. of Charleston, W. Va., andDaniel C. Lester of El Dorado, Ark.; two daughters, Mrs. Clayton Fleuryof Atlanta, Ga., Mrs. Robert
Bentley of Tucker, Ga.; two brothers, Claude Lester of Many, and ChrisLester of Houma; one sister, Mrs. Mattie Kennedy of Florien; 22grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Claude Lester Jr., Joe Bill McCormick, Danny DeKeyser,Dennis Ray Lester, Dale McCormick, Tom Canady.
- Submitted via GEDCOM by Daniel Frederick Montgomery, CMS 2419, on 14 Jul 2004.