GREENVILLE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA - OBITS - LESTER, R. C. / C. R. 1881

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"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]
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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.