Miller County Georgia Obituaries - Lester McNair 1960
Submitted by Brenda King McNair Bmcnair614@aol.com
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Former Resident of Bluffton Loses Life By Drowning

Friends sympathize with Mrs. Lester George, of this city, in the death of her 
half-brother, Lester McNair, former resident of Bluffton, by drowning at 
Norfolk, Va., the past week.

Mr. McNair had gone fishing with a friend in Norfolk Bay, where his body was 
found Tuesday.

Mr. McNair was a foster son of Dr. and Mrs. W. O. Shepard of Bluffton and 
made his home with them for 12 years.  A native of Miller County he graduated 
from Bluffton High School.  A chief aviation metalsmith in the U. S. Navy, he 
recently received a medical discharge.  He served in the North Atlantic and 
in Iceland during World War II.

Graveside services were held at Bluffton cemetery Saturday afternoon at 3 
o'clock with the Rev. W. T. Bodenhamer officiating.  Interment followed with 
Bryan Funeral Home in charge and Curtis Hubbard, C. W. Cain, Will Harris, 
Mark Milliner, C. W. Cain, Clinton Gay, M. M. Goodman, Jack Bell, Grady 
Milliner, and Woodrow Milliner serving as pallbearers.

Survivors in addition to his foster parents, include his wife, the former 
Miss Clemmie Coleman, of Carnegie; two sons, Lester, Jr., and Joe McNair, of 
Norfolk; two daughters, Annette and Janette, of Norfolk; four brothers, J. F. 
McNair, Albany, A. J. McNair, Irvington, N. Y., Perry R. McNair, Orlando, 
Fla., and Dewey H. McNair, U. S. Air Force, Pakistan; a sister, Mrs. W. N. 
Norton, Chicago, Ill.; and two half sisters, Mrs. W. G. Hancock, Leaksville, 
N. C. and Mrs. Lester George, Blakely.

Source:  Volume 101 - No. 41 Early County News, Blakely, Georgia, Thursday 
Morning, June 2, 1960, Front Page.

*Note* Lester McNair was born 14 October 1920 and died 22 May 1960 in 
Norfolk, VA.  He was the son of Abner Gilbert McNair and Hattie Hayes.

Submitted by: Brenda King McNair < Bmcnair614@aol.com >