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Photo
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NAME
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BIRTH
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DEATH
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MARKER
NOTES
|
ANNOTATIONS
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(src:
Wanda Simpkins, date unknown)
Tracy
C. found this same marker Jun 2021 in the John (II) & Mary Ann “Polly” (Gardner)
Lester
Family Cemetery, Easter Creek Road NW (Rt. 738),
Floyd Co., VA
|
Akers, George T.
+
Akers, Mary E.
|
17
Nov 1879
23
Jan 1885
|
28
Jul 1949
12
Apr 1953
|
|
George Taylor Akers, 1879-1949, s/o Brooks
Tazwell & Nancy Louise (Boyd) Akers. [Death Cert] [Akers_JamesA_2wives]
m. 1905 Floyd
nee Mary Elizabeth “Dollie”
Guthrie, 1885-1953, d/o George Washington & 1st wife Julia
Ann (Lester) Guthrie. [Death Cert] [Guthrie_Benjamin_Sarah]
|
Roanoke, Virginia · Friday, July 29, 1949
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Roanoke, Virginia · Tuesday, April 14, 1953
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Roanoke, Virginia · Tuesday, April 14, 1953
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|
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(FAG; photo added by Tracy C. May 2021)
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Akers, Golden D.
+
Akers, Mellie L.
|
09
Feb 1908
04
Jun 1908
|
18
Mar 1970
24
Oct 1975
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Married
Dec 24, 1929
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aka Golden Davis Akers, 1908-1970, s/o George
Taylor & Mary Elizabeth "Dollie" (Guthrie) Akers. [Death Cert] [Akers_JamesA_2wives]
m. 1929 Floyd
nee Mellie Lee Duncan, d/o William Austin &
Martha Sabrina “Sab” (Wade) Duncan. [Death Cert] [Duncan_BlanchJr_2wives]
|
Roanoke, Virginia · Thursday, March 19, 1970
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Roanoke, Virginia · Saturday, October 25, 1975
|
|
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(FAG; photo added by Tracy C. May 2021)
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Akers, Golden Kenneth
|
24
Apr 1931
|
10
Sep 2007
|
|
aka Golden Kenneth “Kenny” Akers, s/o Golden
Davis & Mellie Lee (Duncan) Akers. [Akers_JamesA_2wives]
Roanoke, Virginia · Thursday, September 13, 2007
|
|
(FAG; photo added by Tracy C. May 2021)
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Akers, Harless J. Sr
+
Akers, Lovelynne D.
|
24
July 1911
07
Aug 1914
|
08
Nov 1991
05
Aug 2012
|
|
Harless James Akers Sr, 1911-1991, s/o George
Taylor & Mary Elizabeth "Dollie" (Guthrie) Akers. [Death Cert] [Akers_JamesA_2wives]
m. 1932 Floyd
nee Lovelynne E. “Lovell” Duncan,
1914-2012, d/o William Austin & Martha Sabrina “Sab” (Wade) Duncan. [Duncan_BlanchJr_2wives]
|
Roanoke, Virginia · Sunday, November 10, 1991
|
|
Roanoke, Virginia · Tuesday, August 07, 2012
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|
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(FAG; photo added by Tracy C. May 2021)
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Akers, Julian Ray
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01
Jul 1944
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29
Nov 2006
|
|
Julian Ray Akers, s/o Ray Kenneth & Etha Frances
(Akers) Akers. [Akers_AndrewJ_Evaline]
Roanoke, Virginia · Friday, December 01, 2006
|
|
(FAG; photo added by Tracy C. May 2021)
|
Akers, Ray
+
Akers, Etha F.
|
10
Aug 1915
19
Jul 1913
|
04
Dec 1970
01
Dec 1998
|
|
aka Ray Kenneth Akers, s/o Daniel Jackson & Selma
Alice “Dicie” (Weeks) Akers. [Death
Cert] [Akers_AndrewJ_Evaline]
m. 1940 Floyd
nee Etha Frances Akers, d/o George Taylor &
Mary Elizabeth "Dollie" (Guthrie) Akers. [Akers_JamesA_2wives]
|
Roanoke, Virginia · Saturday, December 05, 1970
|
Roanoke, Virginia · Thursday, December 03, 1998
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|
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(FAG; photo added by Tracy C. May 2021)
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Akers, W. Russell
+
Akers, Bernice A.
+ Son
Akers, G. Davis
|
13
May 1935
26
Jan 1926
10
Jan 1975
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22
Aug 2022
13
Dec 2023
25
Apr 1997
|
|
aka Willard Russell Akers, s/o Golden Davis & Mellie
Lee (Duncan) Akers. [Akers_JamesA_2wives]
m. 1960 Floyd
nee Bernice Ann Altizer, d/o Vada Autley & Annie Mae
(Sowers) Altizer. [Altizer_EmeryJr_2wives_mcva]
and their son
George Davis Akers, s/o Willard Russell & Bernice
Ann (Altizer) Akers
|
|
(FAG; photo added by Tracy C. May 2021)
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Burnette, Byron Gordon
|
18
Sep 1916
|
10
Feb 1930
|
Son
of T. D. & Ollie Burnette
|
Byron Gordon Burnette, s/o Trigg Derias & Ollie Mary (Lester) Burnett.
[Death Cert] [Burnett_Josiah_Jemimah]
Byron ran into a wall with a broom stick – traumatic
rupture of ileum with peritonitis.
Roanoke, Virginia · Tuesday, February 11, 1930
|
|
(src:
Wanda Simpkins, date unknown)
|
Burnette, Trigg D.
+
Burnette, Ollie M.
|
25
May 1891
30
Oct 1895
|
12
Feb 1979
22
Feb 1982
|
|
aka Trigg Derias Burnett, s/o
Josiah D. & Elizabeth (Duncan) Burnett. [Death Cert] [Burnett_Josiah_Jemimah]
m. 1915 Floyd
nee Ollie Mary Lester, d/o Gordon B. &
Rosabell (Reed) Lester. [Death Cert] [Lester_JamesT_Cloah]
|
Roanoke, Virginia · Tuesday, February 13, 1979
|
 
Roanoke, Virginia · Wednesday, February 24, 1982
|
|
|
(FAG; photo added by Tracy C. May 2021)
|
Burnette, Troy L.
|
07
Jan 1923
|
05
Apr 1950
|
HG
CO 82 AIRBORNE
WORLD
WAR II
|
aka Troy Lee Burnette, s/o Trigg Derias & Ollie Mary (Lester) Burnett.
[Death Cert] [Burnett_Josiah_Jemimah]
1st m. 1942 Roanoke Louise Alice Britt. They
divorced in 1946.
2nd m. 1946 Ann Rush. They divorced in 1949.
Roanoke, Virginia · Thursday, April 06, 1950
Roanoke, Virginia · Thursday, April 06, 1950
|
|
(FAG; photo added by Tracy C. May 2021)
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Guthrie, Julia Ann
|
1859
|
03
Jan 1885
|
Age
26 yrs
|
nee Julia Ann Lester, d/o Lewis Jubal
& Mary Ann “Polley” (Boyd) Lester. [1885 Floyd Co., VA
Death Register] The Floyd Co., VA Birth Register gives DOB as 17 Oct
1858. [Lester_JamesT_Cloah]
m. 1884 Floyd
George Washington Guthrie,
1861-1948, s/o Wiley J. & Elizabeth (Sweeney) Guthrie. [Guthrie_Benjamin_Sarah]
George m. 2nd 1886 Floyd, Laura Ellen Weaver, d/o Ambrose
B. & 1st wife Frances Adeline (Ratliff) Weaver. [Weaver_Solomon_Sabrina]
|
|
(FAG; photo added by Tracy C. May 2021)
|
Lester, Unknown
|
|
|
see
below
|
Appears to be same marker as Twin daughter of John
Henry & Delia Belle (Reed) Lester. [Lester_JamesT_Cloah]
|
|
(FAG; photo added by Tracy C. May 2021)
|
Lester, Unknown
|
10
June 1922
|
10
June 1922
|
|
Unnamed d/o Gordon Washington & Theresa G.
“Tressie” (Altizer) Lester.
[Death Cert] [Lester_JamesT_Cloah]
|
|
(FAG; photo added by Tracy C. May 2021)
|
Lester, Anthony
|
|
04
May 1951
|
|
Anthony Lester, s/o unknown. [Death Cert – can’t find]
|
|
(FAG; photo added by Tracy C. May 2021)
|
Lester, Betty
|
1939
|
2013
|
|
Betty Lester, d/o unknown. [Death Cert – can’t find]
[Obit – can’t find]
|
|
(FAG; photo added by Tracy C. May 2021)
|
Lester, Colonel A.
+
Lester, Roena C.
|
27
May 1879
08
Jun 1875
|
22
Oct 1953
22
Jan 1945
|
|
aka Colonel Alfred Lester, s/o Gordon B. & Rosabell
(Reed) Lester. [Death
Cert] [Lester_JamesT_Cloah]
m. 1899 Floyd
nee Roena Caroline Lester, d/o John Lewis & Lucy
Ellen (Lester) Lester. [Death Cert] [Lester_Lindsay_Caroline]
|
Roanoke, Virginia · Saturday, October 24, 1953
|
Roanoke, Virginia · Wednesday, January 24, 1945
|
|
|
(FAG; photo added by Tracy C. May 2021)
|
Lester, Cora A.
|
28
Mar 1885
|
28
Aug 1987
|
|
nee Cora Miriam Alley, d/o Jonathan Reed & Pernetta
Ellen “Nettie” (Akers) Alley. [Death Cert] [Alley_Anderson_Rachel]
m. 1902 Floyd
Sebert Esau Lester, 1878-1939, s/o Lynch Ira & Susan
Emaline (Reed) Lester. [Death
Cert] [Lester_JamesT_Cloah]
|
Sebert’s obit – can’t find
|
Roanoke, Virginia · Saturday, August 29, 1987
|
|
|
(src:
Wanda Simpkins, date unknown)
|
Lester, Delia Reed
|
30
Mar 1887
|
Sep
20 1971
|
|
nee Delia Belle Reed, 1887-1971, d/o Griffith D.
& Adeline Isabel (Reed) Reed. [Death Cert] [Reed_Michael_Delilah]
m. 1906 Floyd
John Henry Lester, 1880-1931, s/o Lynch Ira &
Susan Emaline (Reed) Lester. [Death
Cert] [Lester_JamesT_Cloah]
|
Roanoke, Virginia · Tuesday, September 21, 1971
|
John’s obit – can’t find
|
|
|
(src:
Wanda Simpkins, date unknown)
|
Lester, Elvin G.
|
25
Jan 1921
|
02
Oct 1981
|
|
aka Elvin Gordon Lester, b. Montgomery, 1921-1981, s/o
Zachary Taylor & Olivia (Walker) Lester. [Death Cert] [Lester_JamesT_Cloah]
m. 1942 Christiansburg;
div. 1975 Montgomery
nee Nora Lake Young, b. Montgomery, d/o James Eugene
& Mattie Alice (Akers) Young. [Young_Nathaniel_Hannah]
Nora m. 2nd 1975 Christiansburg, Elmer Harvey Bishop, b. Iowa,
s/o William Melvin & Zora Alice [Bishop) Bishop. William Melvin Bishop
s/o Stephen Jefferson “Jeff” & Emmazetta (Duncan) Bishop. [Bishop_Jacob_Katherine_mcva]
Roanoke, Virginia · Saturday, October 03, 1981
|
|
(FAG; photo added by Tracy C. May 2021)
|
Lester, Emeline F.
|
Oct
1864
|
02
Jun 1928
|
|
nee Emeline F. Hurt, d/o John William &
Bethena “Bethany” (Reed)
Hurt. [Death Cert]
[Obit – can’t find] [Hurt_Joseph_Elizabeth]
m. 1890 Floyd
James L. Lester, 1861-1924, s/o Lewis Jubal &
Mary Ann “Polley” (Boyd) Lester. [Death
Cert] [Obit – can’t find] [Lester_JamesT_Cloah]
|
|
(src:
Wanda Simpkins, date unknown)
|
Lester, Emeline Reed
|
11
Feb 1862
|
09
Dec 1942
|
Wife
of
L.
I. Lester
|
nee Susan Emeline "Emeline" Reed, d/o Esau
& Timandra (Duncan) Reed. [Death Cert] [Reed_Emory_Miriam]
m. 1877 Floyd
Lynch Ira Lester, 1856-1925, s/o
Lewis Jubal & Mary Ann “Polley” (Boyd) Lester. [Death Cert] [Lester_JamesT_Cloah]
|
Roanoke, Virginia · Friday, December 11, 1942
|
Lynch’s obit – can’t find
|
|
|
(src:
Wanda Simpkins, date unknown)
|
Lester, Gordon B.
+
Lester, Rosabell Reed
|
24
Apr 1854
26
Jun 1856
|
05
Jul 1937
20
Mar 1944
|
|
Gordon B. Lester, 1854-1937, s/o Lewis Jubal
& Mary Ann “Polley” (Boyd) Lester. [Death Cert -1] [Death Cert -2] [Obit – can’t
find] [Lester_JamesT_Cloah]
m. 1876 Floyd
nee Rosabell Reed, d/o Jubal D.
& Rhoda E. (Duncan) Reed. [Death Cert] [Obit –
can’t find] [Reed_Emory_Miriam]
|
|
(FAG; photo added by Tracy C. May 2021)
|
Lester, Gordon W.
|
29
Jan 1897
|
14
Jul 1970
|
|
aka Gordon Washington Lester, s/o Gordon B. &
Rosabell (Reed) Lester. [Death Cert] [Lester_JamesT_Cloah]
m. 1919 Floyd, nee Theresa Golden “Tressie”
Altizer, 1898-1937, d/o Elisha Jackson & Gilla M. "Gille"
(Correll) Altizer. [Death Cert]
[Altizer_Elisha_Louisa_mcva]
2nd m. 1939 Christiansburg, div.
1969 Montgomery, Nina Ella Thompson nee Sutphin, 1907-2002, d/o Mary Jane
Sutphin. Marriage record gives Nina parents as Zachariah & Mary Jane
(Sutphin) Sutphin. This compliler believes Mary Jane was a single mother,
d/o Zachariah & Ruth Elizabeth (Knowles) Sutphin. Nina 1st
m. 1929 Montgomery, James Cecil Thompson, 1906-1937, s/o James Lloyd &
Almeda (Duncan) Thompson. [Death
Cert]
|
Roanoke, Virginia · Wednesday, July 15, 1970
|
Tessie’s obit – can’t find
Roanoke, Virginia · Friday, April 26, 2002
|
|
|
(src:
Wanda Simpkins, date unknown)
|
Lester, Infant
|
02
Dec 1923
|
02
Dec 1923
|
Infant
of John & Delia Lester
|
infant d/o John Henry & Delia Belle (Reed)
Lester. [Death Cert]
[Lester_JamesT_Cloah]
|
|
(src:
Wanda Simpkins, date unknown)
|
Lester, Twin Daughters
|
24
Jun 1915
|
24
Jun 1915
|
Twins
Daughters of of John H. & Delia Lester
|
Twin daughters of John Henry &
Delia Belle (Reed) Lester. [Death
Cert] there are two certs but exactly the same. [Lester_JamesT_Cloah]
|
|
(src:
Wanda Simpkins, date unknown)
|
Lester, Infant
|
1951
|
1951
|
|
infant of unknown Lester. [Death Cert – can’t find]
|
|
(FAG; photo added by Tracy C. May 2021)
|
Lester, James L.
|
04
May 1861
|
02
Apr 1924
|
|
James L. Lester, 1861-1924, s/o Lewis Jubal &
Mary Ann “Polley” (Boyd) Lester. [Death
Cert] [Obit – can’t find] [Lester_JamesT_Cloah]
m. 1890 Floyd
nee Emeline F. Hurt, d/o John William &
Bethena “Bethany” (Reed)
Hurt. [Death Cert]
[Obit – can’t find] [Hurt_Joseph_Elizabeth]
|
|
(FAG; photo added by Tracy C. May 2021)
|
Lester, Jimmy R.
|
29
Feb 1944
|
28
Jun 2014
|
|
aa Jimmy Rogers Lester, s/o Ralph Ira & Gladys
(Bishop) Lester. [Lester_JamesT_Cloah]
m. 1967 Pearisburg, & div. 2013
nee Sherry Esther Shelton, d/o Marce Lee & Lozine
Irene (Lowery) Shelton. [no file]
Jimmy Rogers
Lester, 70, of Alum Ridge in Floyd County, passed away at his home,
Saturday, June 28, 2014. He was born February 29, 1944 in Floyd County.
He is survived by
his wife, Sherry Shelton Lester; three children, Jamie Lester, Ragan
Phillips and Chase Lester; eleven grandchildren; and one sister, Edna
Fryer. He was loved greatly and will be sorely missed.
Graveside services
will be conducted 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 1, 2014, at Lester Cemetery, with
President David Light officiating. Friends may call after 5 p.m. Monday,
June 30, 2014, at Gardner Funeral Home, where the family will be from 5 to
7 p.m. Online condolences may be made to the family by visiting
www.gardnerfuneralhomefloyd .com. Arrangements are being handled by Gardner
Funeral Home, Floyd, VA. 540-745-2007.
Roanoke Times, The
(VA) - Monday, June 30, 2014
|
|
(FAG; photo added by Tracy C. May 2021)
|
Lester, John H.
|
09
Nov 1881
|
04
Jan 1931
|
|
aka John Henry Lester, s/o Lynch Ira & Susan
Emaline (Reed) Lester. [Death
Cert] [Lester_JamesT_Cloah]
m. 1906 Floyd
nee Delia Belle Reed, d/o Griffith D. &
Adeline Isabel (Reed) Reed. [Death Cert] [Reed_Michael_Delilah]
|
John’s obit – can’t find
|
Roanoke, Virginia · Tuesday, September 21, 1971
|
|
|
(FAG; photo added by Tracy C. May 2021)
|
Lester, Leander L.
|
15
Aug 1877
|
08
Jun 1901
|
|
aka Leander Lewis Lester, s/o Gordon B. &
Rosabell (Reed)
Lester. [Death Cert – n/a] [Lester_JamesT_Cloah]
|
|
(src:
Wanda Simpkins, date unknown)
|
Lester, Leander D.
+
Lester, Gemima D.
|
15
Nov 1908
22
Jun 1913
|
31
July 1993
04
Feb 1999
|
|
aka Leander Dallis Lester, 1908-1993, s/o Colonel Alfred
& Roena Caroline (Lester) Lester. [Death Cert] [Lester_JamesT_Cloah]
m. 1933 Floyd
nee Gemima Vivia Duncan, 1913-1999, d/o John Benjamin
“Johnny Ben” & Virginia Alma “Virgie” (Phillips) Duncan. [Duncan_Benjamin_Nancy]
|
Roanoke, Virginia · Monday, August 02, 1993
|
Roanoke, Virginia · Friday, February 05, 1999
Roanoke, Virginia · Saturday, February 06, 1999
|
|
|
(src:
Wanda Simpkins, date unknown)
|
Lester, Lewis
|
13
Sep 1826
|
13
Mar 1863
|
|
aka Lewis Jubal Lester, s/o James T. Sr &
Cloah “Cloey” (Wilson) Lester.
[1863 Death Register n/a] [Lewis’ obit
– can’t find] [Lester_JamesT_Cloah]
m. 1853 Floyd
nee Mary Ann “Polley” Boyd, d/o William & Sary (Newberry) Boyd.
[1903 Death Cert – n/a] [Mary’s
obit – can’t find] [no file]
Erma Reed relayed the following
“fun fact” while directing Tracy C.
to this cemetery: “Jubal returned from the war with smallpox.... “When
Jubal died of smallpox, they buried him way up on the hill because they
were afraid living people would catch it. It was over 20 years before
anyone else was buried here.“
|
|
(src:
Wanda Simpkins, date unknown)
(FAG; photo added by Tracy C. May 2021)
|
Lester, Lynch Ira
|
13
Feb 1856
|
25
Mar 1925
|
|
Lynch Ira Lester, s/o Lewis Jubal & Mary Ann
“Polley” (Boyd) Lester. [Death
Cert] [obit – can’t find]
[Lester_JamesT_Cloah]
m. 1877 Floyd
nee Susan Emeline Reed, 1862-1942, d/o Esau &
Timandra (Duncan) Reed. [Death Cert] [Reed_Emory_Miriam]
|
Lynch’s obit – can’t find
|
Roanoke, Virginia · Friday, December 11, 1942
|
|
|
(src:
Wanda Simpkins, date unknown)
|
Lester, Mary B.
|
May
1834
|
29
Dec 1903
|
Aged
74 yrs
|
nee Mary Ann “Polley” Boyd, d/o William & Sary (Newberry) Boyd. [1903
Death Cert – n/a] [Mary’s
obit – can’t find] [no file]
m. 1853 Floyd
Lewis Jubal Lester, s/o James T. Sr & Cloah
“Cloey” (Wilson) Lester.
[1863 Death Register n/a] [Lewis’ obit
– can’t find] [Lester_JamesT_Cloah]
|
|
(FAG; photo added by Tracy C. May 2021)
|
Lester, Reginald H.
|
05
Nov 1920
|
12
Jun 1971
|
VIRGINIA
T
SGT
US
ARMY
WORLD
WAR II
|
aka Reginald Harding Lester, s/o Gordon Washington &
1st wife Theresa G. “Tressie” (Altizer) Lester. [DeathCert] [Lester_JamesT_Cloah]
m. 1948 Christiansburg; registered Floyd, div. 1965
Floyd; 3 children
Marguerite Eloise “Eloise” Peters, b. Floyd, 1932-1995,
d/o Edgar Weder & Velma Aileen (Lester) Peters [Death Cert]
[Peters_WmWillis_Ruth] Eloise m. 2nd 1968 Floyd,
Melvin Louis Reed, 1936-2008, s/o Walter Sidney & Amanda Ellen
"Minnie" (Keith) Reed. [Reed_Emory_Miriam]
|
Roanoke, Virginia · Sunday, June 13, 1971
Roanoke, Virginia · Monday, June 14, 1971
|
Roanoke, Virginia · Saturday, January 21, 1995
|
|
|
(FAG; photo added by Tracy C. May 2021)
|
Lester, Sebert E.
|
23
Oct 1878
|
02
Oct 1939
|
|
Sebert Esau Lester, 1878-1939, s/o Lynch Ira & Susan
Emaline (Reed) Lester. [Death
Cert] [Lester_JamesT_Cloah]
m. 1902 Floyd
nee Cora Miriam Alley, 1885-1987, d/o Jonathan Reed
& Pernetta Ellen “Nettie” (Akers) Alley. [Death Cert] [Alley_Anderson_Rachel]
|
Sebert’s obit – can’t find
|
Roanoke, Virginia · Saturday, August 29, 1987
|
|
|
(FAG; photo added by Tracy C. May 2021)
|
Lester, Tressie G.
|
24
Oct 1898
|
14
Feb 1937
|
Wife
of Gordon W. Lester
|
nee Theresa Golden “Tressie” Altizer, 1898-1937,
d/o Elisha Jackson & Gilla M. "Gille" (Correll) Altizer. [Death Cert]
[Altizer_Elisha_Louisa_mcva]
m. 1919 Floyd
Gordon Washington Lester, s/o Gordon B. & Rosabell
(Reed) Lester. [Death
Cert] [Lester_JamesT_Cloah]
Gordon m. 2nd 1939 Christiansburg, div. 1969 Montgomery, Nina
Ella Thompson nee Sutphin, 1907-2002, d/o Zachariah & Mary Jane
(Sutphin) Sutphin. Nina 1st m. 1929 Montgomery, James Cecil
Thompson, 1906-1937, s/o James Lloyd & Almeda (Duncan) Thompson. [Death Cert]
|
Tessie’s obit – can’t find
|
Roanoke, Virginia · Wednesday, July 15, 1970
Roanoke, Virginia · Friday, April 26, 2002
|
|
|
(src:
Wanda Simpkins, date unknown)
|
Lester, William Ira
+
Lester, Della Akers
|
23
Apr 1887
15
Oct 1892
|
29
Oct 1952
26
Jul 1971
|
|
William Ira Lester, s/o Gordon B. & Rosabell
(Reed) Lester. [Death Cert]
[Lester_JamesT_Cloah]
m. 1909 Floyd
nee Della Alder Akers, d/o Brooks
Tazwell & Nancy Louise (Boyd) Akers. [Death Cert] [Akers_JamesA_2wives]
|
Roanoke, Virginia · Friday, October 31, 1952
|
Roanoke, Virginia · Wednesday, July 28, 1971
|
|
|
(FAG; photo added by Tracy C. May 2021)
|
Lester, Zack Taylor
+
Lester, Olivia Walker
|
05
Jan 1893
20
Jan 1898
|
03
Mar 1969
06
May 1968
|
|
aka Zachary Taylor Lester, 1893-1969, s/o Gordon
B. & Rosabell (Reed) Lester. [Death Cert] [Lester_JamesT_Cloah]
m. 1920 Montgomery
Olivia Victoria Walker, 1898-1968, d/o Allison Holmes
& 1st wife Ada Lee (Helms) Walker. [Death Cert] [Walker]
|
Roanoke, Virginia · Tuesday, March 04, 1969
|
Roanoke, Virginia · Tuesday, May 07, 1968
|
|
|
(src:
Wanda Simpkins, date unknown)
|
Reed, Beulah Mae
|
09
Jul 1925
|
17
Jun 1945
|
Wife
of Elvin S. Reed
|
nee Beulah Mae Reed, d/o Shelor Georgie &
Edith Anna (Akers) Reed. [Death Cert] [Reed_Sarah_GeorgeP]
m. 1945 Floyd
Elvin Sidney Reed, s/o Walter Sidney & Amanda Ellen
"Minnie" (Keith) Reed. [Reed_Emory_Miriam]
Elvin m. 2nd 1947 Floyd, nee Velma Beatrice Roberson, b.
Pittslyvania Co., VA, d/o Homer Araylus & Annie Lena (Cockran)
Roberson. [no file]
|
Roanoke, Virginia · Tuesday, June 19, 1945
|
Roanoke, Virginia · Monday, August 30, 1993
|
|
|
(FAG; photo added by Tracy C. May 2021)
|
Reed, Erma Arlee
|
07
Jul 1927
|
11
Dec 1933
|
|
Erma Arlee Reed, d/o Shelor Georgie & Edith
Anna (Akers) Reed. [Death Cert]
[Reed_Sarah_GeorgeP]
|
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(src:
Wanda Simpkins, date unknown)
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Reed, Eslie Junior
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Reed, Peggy Hawks
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14
Nov 1940
20 Oct 1947
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09
Feb 2007
living
2007
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m.
Jun 26, 1964
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Eslie Junior Reed, s/o Eslie Willard & Laura
Ethel (Akers) Reed.
[Reed_Sarah_GeorgeP]
m. 1964 Bassett
nee Peggy Jane Hawks, d/o Ira Owen & Martha Jane
(Baker) Hawks. [no file]
Martinsville, Virginia · Sunday,
February 11, 2007
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(FAG; photo added by Tracy C. May 2021)
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Reed, Eslie W.
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Reed, Ethel A.
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10
Jun 1916
04
Dec 1915
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15
Apr 2001
22
Dec 1993
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aka Eslie Willard Reed, s/o Greenberry & 2nd wife
Eliza Ellen (Shelor) Reed. [Reed_Sarah_GeorgeP]
m. 1938 Floyd
nee Laura Ethel Akers, d/o George Taylor & Mary
Elizabeth (Guthrie) Akers. [Death Cert – image not found] [Akers_JamesA_2wives]
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Roanoke, Virginia · Wednesday, April 18, 2001
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(FAG; photo added by Carol Lester Aug 2018
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Reed, Greenberry
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Reed, Eliza Shelor
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02
Feb 1866
01
Oct 1873
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02
Feb 1954
20
Apr 1956
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aka Greenberry D. Reed, 1866-1954, s/o Peter
& Nancy Jane (Akers) Reed.
[Death Cert] [Reed_Sarah_GeorgeP]
1st m. 1894 Floyd, nee
Drusilla Scaggs, b. abt 1867, d. bef 1900, d/o Artemus & Martha Jane
(Reed) Scaggs. Not found in available Death Registers. [Scaggs_William_Miriam_mcva]
2nd m. 1901 Floyd, Eliza Ellen Sowers nee
Shelor, d/o Rufus Oliver & Julia Ann (Akers) Shelor. [Death Cert] [Shelor_Rufus_Julia]
Ellen 1st m. 1895 Floyd, Bird “Burly” Sowers, s/o William
Lester & 2nd wife Catherine “Cass” (Thompson) Sowers [Sowers_John_Rhoda]
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Roanoke, Virginia · Wednesday, February 03, 1954
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Roanoke, Virginia · Wednesday, April 25, 1956
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(FAG; photo added by Tracy C. May 2021)
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Reed, Shelor G.
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Reed, Edith Ann
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30
May 1902
30
Oct 1905
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10
Oct 1964
23
Dec 1988
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aka Shelor Georgie Reed, s/o Greenberry & 2nd wife
Eliza Ellen (Shelor) Reed. [Death Cert] [Reed_Sarah_GeorgeP]
m. 1924 Floyd
nee Edith Anna Akers, d/o George Taylor & Mary
Elizabeth "Dollie" (Guthrie) Akers. [Death Cert] [Akers_JamesA_2wives]
Edith m. 2nd 1972 Roanoke, Isaac Newton Campbell, a 76 yo
widowed w/m, b. Page Co., VA, s/o John & Amanda Jane (Lucas) Campbell.
She was divorced at the time of her death. [no file]
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Roanoke, Virginia · Sunday, October 11, 1964
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Roanoke, Virginia · Saturday, December 24,
1988
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(FAG; photo added by Tracy C. May 2021)
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Sturgill, Earl Lee Jr
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Sturgill, Laura Reed
“Missy”
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01
Jul 1955
04
May 1969
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06
Dec 2009
Living
2021
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Earl Lee “Gumby” Sturgill Jr, b. Franklin Co., VA, s/o
Earl Lee Sr & Nancy Marie (Martin) Sturgill. [no file]
1st m. unknown.
2nd m. 1981 Henry, div. 1993 Henry, Linda
Carol Gillispie, d/o Emory Lee Sr & Geraldine (Lawson) Gillespie. No
children. [no file]
m. 1995 Henry, Laura Michelle “Missy” Wynn nee Reed, d/o
Eslie Junior & Peggy Jane (Hawks) Reed. [Reed_Sarah_GeorgeP]
Laura 1st m. 1985 Henry, div. 1992, James Edward Wynn, s/o
Edward Lee & Mary Ella (Hopkins) Wynn. No children.
Roanoke, Virginia · Tuesday, December 08, 2009
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(FAG; photo added by Tracy C. May 2021)
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Weeks, Clyde F.
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Weeks, Mary Akers
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18 Oct 1936
21
Apr 1941
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18
Aug 2019
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aka Clyde Franklin Weeks, s/o General Jewel Sr &
Gazelle (Robertson) Weeks. [Weeks_George_Nancy]
m. 1960 Floyd
nee Mary Lou Akers, d/o Ray Kenneth & Etha Frances
(Akers) Akers. [Akers_AndrewJ_Evaline]
Mary Lou Weeks,
78, of Chicago, passed away August 18, 2019 at home surrounded by family.
Beloved wife of Clyde Weeks; loving mother of Michael, Donald, and Linda Weeks; loyal sister of Betty and Phyllis;
cherished grandmother of nine and great-grandmother of 19. Mary was a long-time employee of her "first home"
Jewel-Osco on Ashland Avenue in Chicago. Visitation, Thursday, August 22,
2019 from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm with memory sharing at 7:00 pm at Lakeview
Funeral Home, 1458 W. Belmont Ave. Chicago, IL 60657. (773) 472-6300
Funeral services in Floyd County, Virginia are pending.
Mary
Lou Weeks Obituary - 2019 - lakeviewfh@gmail.com (tributearchive.com)
Mary Lou Weeks, 78,
of Chicago, passed away August 18, 2019 at home surrounded by family.
She is the beloved wife of Clyde Weeks; loving mother of Michael,
Donald, and Linda Weeks; loyal sister of Betty and Phyllis; cherished
grandmother of nine and great-grandmother of 19.
Mary was a long-time employee of her "first home" Jewel-Osco
on Ashland Avenue in Chicago.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, August 26, 2019
at the Maberry Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Roy Turpin officiating.
Interment will follow in the Lester Cemetery. The family will receive
friends from 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. prior to the service at the funeral
home.
obituary:
Mary Lou Weeks (maberryfuneralhome.blogspot.com)
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