DEATH: Rev. Lester Nash, 2001, Boyle County, KY ------------------------------- Submitted by Sherri Hall Date: 25 Oct 2002 ------------------------------- *********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ********************************************************************** From the Danville Advocate Messenger, 2 Dec 2001 Services for the Rev. Lester Nash, 72, of Proctor Street will be 1 p.m. Monday at First Baptist Church on Broadway by the Revs. L.C. Gray and Jerry Lester. Graveside services will be private. He died Friday at Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center. Born Sept. 14, 1929, in Maceo, he was the son of the late Sidney C. and Louellen Barnet Nash. He was a Baptist minister for 47 years and had been pastor of several Baptist churches, including Junction City First Baptist Church. He also served as interim pastor at several churches after his retirement. He served on the executive board of the Southern Baptist Convention and the executive board of the Kentucky Baptist Convention. He attended Tennessee Temple Seminary. Survivors include his wife, Idella Jennings Nash; four daughters, Threasha Hendricks of Norfolk, Va., Deanna Whittamore of Estero, Fla., Gina Melton of Danville and Belinda J. Birdsey of Norfolk, Va.; a son, Jeffrey Nash of Somerset; three sisters, Kathrine Crawford and Virginia Miller, both of Owensboro, and Sidney Wedding of St. Louis, Mo.; a brother, Clarence Nash of Columbus, Ohio; eight grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter. Pallbearers will be grandsons and sons-in-law. Visitation is 2-5 p.m. today at the church. Stith Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.