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Lester Ray Champion

1939 - 2002

BORN

1939

DIED

2002

Lester Champion Obituary

Lester Ray Champion, 63, a retired truck driver, died Sunday, Aug. 25, 2002, at home.

Graveside service: noon Wednesday in Springtown Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

Mr. Champion has been an area resident since 1972 and drove a truck for Express Concrete and TXI Concrete until retirement in 2001.

Survivors: Wife, Marjorie Kelly Champion; children, Manuel Champion and his wife, Brenda, Darla Alexander and her husband, Lawrence, Donna Cline and her husband, Mike, Stacey Stiles and her husband, Leeman, Tracey Sparks and her husband, Larry and Lester Champion Jr. and his wife, Rachel; sisters, Lettie, Margaret and Jewell; brother, Clarence and Leroy; eight grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephews.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by Star-Telegram on Aug. 27, 2002.

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