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Thursday, April 15, 2021
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Hester, Whitted & Daye Funeral Home
603 South Main Street
Roxboro, North Carolina 27573
Phone: (336) 599-0104
Graveside Service
Friday, April 16, 2021
2:00 PM
Lester Family Cemetery
Jones Lester Road
Roxboro, North Carolina 27574
Bishop Peter Baker Officiant and Eulogist
Due to COVID-19,
face coverings and social distancing are required.
Interment
Lester Family Cemetery
Jones Lester Road
Roxboro, North Carolina 27574
Mr. Melvin D. Lester
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Mr. Melvin Dean Lester, age 75, entered eternal rest on Saturday, April 10, 2021 at Duke Regional Hospital in Durham, North Carolina. He was a native of Person County and was born on April 6, 1946.
He was preceded in death by his parents Fred G. Lester and Vera Woods Lester; two sisters Mary Blossom Lester and his twin, Evelyn L. Hamlett; six brothers Otha, Maxie, Robert, Fred Junior, Tommie Dwight and Larry Wayne.
Mr. Lester is survived by his wife Peggy Bass Lester of the home; three daughters Kim D. Lester and Kay Lester, both of Roxboro, North Carolina and Earlene Lester of Henderson, North Carolina; three sons Tim Woods, Donovan Lester and Malik Bolick, all of Roxboro, North Carolina; four sisters Mabel Lester and Corine Lester, both of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Ann Snipes and Nannie Louise Smith both of Roxboro, North Carolina; one brother Frank Lester of Roxboro, North Carolina; two aunts Annie Bell Lester and Esther Woods, both of Roxboro, North Carolina; six sisters-in-law Nannie Lester, Mary Lester, Maxine Bass and Dorothy Paylor, all of Roxboro, North Carolina; Amelia Lester of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Cheryl Bass of Charlotte, North Carolina; four brothers-in-law Lamberth Hamlett of Semora, North Carolina; Tony Bass (wife Sheri) of Roxboro, North Carolina; Michael Bass of Miami, Florida; and Robert Bass of Durham, North Carolina; nine grandchildren, two great-grandchildren; a special young man the family supported with love and guidance Thaddeus Jamison of Pontiac, Michigan; and a host of loving nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.
The family of the late
Mr. Melvin Dean Lester
would like to thank everyone for the many acts of kindness that they received surrounding the loss of their loved one.
