GREENVILLE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA - OBITS - LESTER, R. C. / C. R. 1881 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/sc/scfiles.htm ************************************************ Contributed for use in the SCGenWeb Archives by: Candace (Teal) Gravelle "The Jacksonville Republican" Jacksonville, Calhoun Co., Alabama NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, April 9, 1881 LOCAL News Mr. C.R. Lester, one of the oldest citizens of Jacksonville, died at his home in this place of pneumonia, Monday night the 4th inst. He had been long afflicted with an affliction of the lungs which rendered him an easy victim to the disease which last attacked him. He was a good man and leaves behind him a wife and children to mourn his loss. [Note: Obituary below refers to him as R. C. Lester] --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, April 16, 1881 OBITUARY OF R.C. LESTER Died in Jacksonville of pneumonia, after a short confinement to his bed, April 4, 1881, R.C. Lester, in the 65th year of his age. Deceased was born in Greenville, S.C. on May 8, 1816 and emigrated to Alabama and settled in Jacksonville in his early manhood. He was among the early settlers of this place and made his residence here continuously until the day of his death. He was twice married and blessed with children by both unions, some of the elder of whom were in distant states when he breathed his last. He was a member of the M.E. church for over thirty years. For years previous to his death he was afflicted with an affliction of the lungs that rendered labor more than usual arduous to him, yet almost to the day of his death he was a hard working man, anxious to provide well for those whom God had committed to his care. Rather negative than positive in character, he was not a man of striking peculiarities but if the whole history of his life could be written out, it would form a chapter of patience under trial, fortitude under suffering, fidelity to the responsibilities of life and contentment under all circumstances that has been rarely equalled. During a long life he enjoyed the respect and confidence of his fellow men. But a few days prior to his death, he was a member of the Grand Jury which responsible position attests the confidence with which he was regarded. Peace to his ashes.