margaret Lester
Posted: May 21, 2010
CARROLLTON — Margaret Jane Heath Lester, 86, died May 19, 2010. Services are Monday at 2 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Columbus with the Rev. Tom Bryson. Burial followed in Parklawn Cemetery in Rockville, Md. Williams & Lord Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Lester was born Aug. 29, 1923, in Carroll County to the late Newton Holland and Myrle Onyx Spier Heath. She was employed with the U.S. Veterans Administration in Washington for 36 years before retirement in 1978. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, John L. Lester. She is survived by her sister, Mary Anne Heath, of North Hills, Calif.; brothers, Robert Lee Heath, of North Augusta, S.C., Earl Heath, of Columbus, Glenn Heath, of Starkville, and Bruce Heath, of Carrollton. Memorials may be made to Unity Hospital Care, 1300 Sunset Drive Suite Z, Grenada, MS, 38901.