GEORGE LUTHER LESTER

George Luther Lester CEDAR BLUFF, Va. Mr. George Luther Lester, age 93, of the College Estates area, passed away Friday June 11, 2010, at Tazewell Community Hospital. He was born on April 1, 1917, in Tazewell County, Va., to the late Jess and Carrie Lester. He was of the Holiness Faith and was a member of Greens Chapel Church. He was the last surviving member of his family. He was a farmer who enjoyed raising his garden and chickens. George was a caring father, grandfather and great-grandfather. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one son, Roger Lester; one stepson, A.C. Ball; one granddaughter, Sherri Lester; two sisters, Alta Totten and Bertha Hall; and one brother, Edgar "Buzzy" Lester. Mr. Lester is survived by his wife of 67 years, Rosa Bell Ball Lester; one son, R.J. Lester and wife, Ann, of Belfast, Va.; one grand-daughter, Melissa Bogle of Tazewell, Va.; three grandsons, Greg Lester and wife, Carol, of Belfast, Terry Lester and wife, Renea, of Tazewell, and Roby Lester and wife, Roxane, of Dry Fork, Va.; seven great-grandchildren; several nieces; and one nephew. Also surviving are special stepdaughter and caretakers, Debbie Harman and husband, Larry; several stepgrandchildren and special neighbors/friends Paula Castle and Evelyn Booth. Funeral services for Mr. George Luther Lester will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday June 14, 2010, at the Singleton Funeral Service Chapel in Cedar Bluff, with the Rev. Delmer Somoskey and the Rev. Aldie Allen officiating. Burial will follow in the Greenhills Memory Gardens Cemetery at Claypool Hill, Va. Pallbearers will be Greg Lester, Roby Lester, Terry Lester, Larry Harman, Cody Bogle and Randall McCraken. The family will receive friends at the Singleton Funeral Service in Cedar Bluff from 6-9 p.m. Sunday. Online condolences may be sent to the family by going to www.SingletonFuneralService.com The family would like to send special thanks to the nurses and doctors at Tazewell Community Hospital for the special care they gave George. Singleton Funeral Service is serving the Lester family.