Lester Ray Gant Obituary, Crawford County, AR *********************************************************** Submitted by: Cindy Miller - granddaughter Date: 12/19/2004 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************** Lester Ray Gant March 8, 1985 Lester R. Gant Lester R. Gant, 82, of Alma, died Thursday in a Van Buren nursing home. He was a retired civil service employee, retired from Norton Air Force Base in San Bernadino, California and was a member of the Alma First Baptist Church. Funeral will be 2 p.m. Saturday in Ocker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel. Burial will be at Forest Park Cemetery. He is survived by his wife, Eunice; three daughters, Avalon Slate of Alma, Judy Harper of Lawton Oklahoma, and Faye Adamson of San Bernadino, two stepdaughters, Florence Wood and Mary Cecil both of Lima, Ohio; a son David Ray of Fort Smith; two stepsons, Earl Marrs of California, and Kenneth Franks of Lima; a sister, Goldie Narring of Miami, Fla.; a half sister Ruby Herbert of Fairfield, Pa.; and 14 grandchildren.