John Lester
Posted: November 21, 2017
WEST POINT — John L. Lester, 82, died Nov. 19, 2017, at North Mississippi Medical Center-West Point. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Darian Duckworth officiating. Burial will follow in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitation will be two hours prior to services at the church. Calvert Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Lester was born April 17, 1935, to the late Willie Vinson and Faye Joslin Lester. He was a graduate of Batesville High School and Mississippi State University. He was previously employed as a State Farm Agent. He was a member of First United Methodist Church. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Eugene Lester. He is survived by his wife, Mary Lester of West Point; sons, Monty Lester of Collierville, Tennessee, Courtney Gober and Colt Lester, both of Nashville, Tennessee; brothers, David Lester of Jacksonville, Florida, and George Lester of Madison; three grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Pallbearers will be Jamey Ballard, John Cherney, Frank Chiles, Tommy Henley, Wyllis Kemp, Brook Lester, Tyler Lester and Kevin Flurry. Memorials may be made to United Methodist Church, PO Box 293, West Point, MS 39773.