Cemetery Log

Name of Cemetery: Lester’s Cemetery

Town/county: Elko, Georgia/Houston County

Physical Address: Georgia State Highway 26

Compiled by: Charlie James Brown, Laurice Sanders Brown and Nestle Lester Benefield

Decoration Day – Every Year - 4^th Saturday in April

(Family from all parts of the country gather to clean cemetery)

(Families bring covered dishes to serve during the day)

Name	Age	Date of Birth	Date of Death	Inscription	Row (Rw)
Jerome Lester “Sonny Boy”		Aug 29, 1936	Feb. 8, 2000	We love You Rest in Peace	Rw1
Rosa Malcolm		March 7, 1908	Nov. 5, 1975	At Rest	Rw1
Givins Lester, Jr.		April 24, 1958	Nov. 16, 2002		Rw1
Sharod D. Jackson		July 28, 2003	July 28, 2003		Rw 1
Baby Boy Jackson		May 6, 2002	May 6, 2002		Rw 1
Rev. Mack E. Lester, Sr.		Mar. 23, 1945	Oct. 9, 2000		Rw 1

Name	Age	Date of Birth	Date of Death	Inscription	Row (Rw)
Rev. M. W. Lester	78	-	Aug 3, 1961		Rw2
Freddie L. Malcolm		Sept. 18, 1941	Aug. 14, 1974	At Rest	Rw 2
Rose E. Lester		Aug. 31, 1943	June 24, 1987	At Rest	Rw 2
Lucious Lester		Sept. 8, 1904	Oct. 29, 1976	At Rest	Rw 2
Odessa Lester		Sept. 5, 1916	Oct. 9, 1971	At Rest	Rw 2
Troy Lucious Lester		March 16, 1940	March 10, 1957	At Rest	Rw 2

Name	Age	Date of Birth	Date of Death	Inscription	Row (Rw)
Givins Lester, Sr.		Aug. 20, 1921	Feb 25, 1995		Rw 3
Jennifer S. Lester		Dec. 18, 1973	Mar. 1, 1974		Rw 3
Douglas Brown, Jr.		Oct. 31, 1942	May 24, 1994	At Rest	Rw 3
Rev. George W. Lester	47	-	Sept. 22, 1940		Rw 3
Henry Lester		-	Nov. 1911		Rw 3
Vernell Lester		Sept. 30, 1960	Nov. 18, 1960	At Rest	Rw 3
Julia Lester		-	Sept. 28		Rw 3
Little Eva Lester		May 12, 1928			Rw 3
Lester		Nov. 11, 1902	Feb 21, 1928		Rw 3
J. L. Lester		Dec 25, 1931	Mar. 16, 1932		Rw 3
J.A. Lester		-	Oct. 16, 1950		Rw 3
Soy Lester		July 6, 1938		At Rest	Rw 3
Eva Lester		-			Rw 3
Claudia L. Crowd		Oct. 10, 1906	Mar. 9, 1994		Rw 3

Name	Age	Date of Birth	Date of Death	Inscription	Row (Rw)
Harold Lester		June 26,1926	Jan. 18, 1992	“The King”	R 4-1
Viola L. Burke		8/18/1901	10/15/1997	At Rest	R 4-2
Collins Burke		Jan. 4,1896	Nov. 27 1975	WWI Pvt US Army	R 4-3
Eva B. Cobb		Nov. 17, 1923	Dec. 22, 1992		R 4-4
Jerry Lester		6/26/1944	10/18/1968		R 4-5
Roscoe Lester		8/18/1910	9/30/1990		R 4-6
Lillie F. Lester		8/11/1915	4/20/1996		R 4-7
Roxie M. Lester Cosby		8/2/1941	4/18/2002	“Our Loving Mother”	R 4-8
O. W. “Shank” Cosby		8/2/1925	4/18/2002	“Our Loving Father” Pvt. U. S. Army WWII	R 4-9
Un-marked					R 4-10
Matthew Lester		4/14/1922	6/3/1960		R 4-11
Celia L. McNair		6/1/1896	1/19/1983		R 4-12
Ernest Lester		3/1/1930	3/11/1992	PFC US Army Korea	R 4-13
Martha Kate Perry		4/14/1922	10/1/2000	At Rest	R 4-14
Douglas Brown, Sr.		3/15/1919	5/28/1995	At Rest	R 4-15
Lois Lorene Brown		5/1/1924	9/23/1992	At Rest	R 4-16
Henry V. Lester		1/15/1918	12/10/1988	At Rest	R 4-17
Un-marked					R 4-18
Elmira Thomas		6/24/1960	8/12/1960		R 4-19
Lucious Lester		8/15/1917	2/23/1988		R 4-20

Name	Age	Date of Birth	Date of Death	Inscription	Row (Rw)
Romar Lester					Rw 4
Claude Bell Lester		May 30, 1978	May 9, 1916		Rw 4
Un-marked					Rw 4
Un-marked					Rw 4
Hattie Lester		1881	1960	At Rest	Rw 4
Matt Lester			5/30/1932	At Rest	Rw 4
Un-marked					Rw 4
Un-marked					Rw 4

Name	Age	Date of Birth	Date of Death	Inscription	Row (Rw)
Herman Vance		Aug. 17, 1932	Feb. 24, 1995	PFC US Army Korea	R 5-1
Janie Mae V. Dyer		Feb. 9, 1940	Aug. 31, 1988		R 5-2
Grady Vance		Dec. 14, 1896	Oct. 8, 1980	PFC US Army WWI	R 5-3
Honey B. Vance		10/14/1898	9/30/1976	At Rest	R 5-4
Julia M. Vance		12/22/1926	1/8/1972	At Rest	R 5-5
Givens Lester		1858	8/14/1941	At Rest	R 5-6
Silas Lester	110 yrs.	-	10/7/1906		R 5-7
Julia Ann Lester	76		12/1954		R 5-8
Sarah			July -		R 5-9
Maria Lester	46		12/2/1888		R 5-10
Roma Lester		July 7, 1908	1912		R 5-11
Charlie Lester		1869	1904	Gone But Not Forgotten	R 5-12

Name	Age	Date of Birth	Date of Death	Inscription	Row (Rw)
Unmarked					R6-1
Unmarked					R6-2
Unmarked					R6-3
Unmarked					R6-4
Unmarked					R6-5
EEM					R6-6
Unmarked Concrete Blk				Iron stake at foot	R6-7
Unmarked				Cross	R6-8
Unmarked				“Henry” footstone	R6-9
James D. Lester		7/20/1949	5/29/1967	“At Rest” “J.D.”	R6-10
Rosa B. Lester		5/3/1921	9/24/1988	“Rosa B.”	R6-11
Rosa M. Lester		6/9/1940	2/20/1993	“Rosa M.”	R6-12
Henry J. Lester, Jr.		2/20/1947	1/2/1998	“At Rest”	R6-13

Name	Age	Date of Birth	Date of Death	Inscription	Row (Rw)
Unmarked					R7-1
Unmarked					R7-2
Unmarked					R7-3
Unmarked					R7-4
Bertha Lester		9/5/1913	9/22/1981		R7-5
John W. Lester		9/9/1910	1/29/1995	“At Rest”	R7-6
Dora Bell Lester		10/08/1909	9/04/1993	“At Rest”	R7-7
Junior C. Lester		3/17/1940	4/9/2000	“At Rest” (a cross)	R7-8
Junior Censha Lester		11/18/1963	June4, 2003	“At Rest”	R7-9

Name	Age	Date of Birth	Date of Death	Inscription	Row (Rw)
Brantly Lester		3/10/1871	12/24/1951	Tombstone	R8-1
Classie Lester			5/2/1982	“At Rest”	R8-2
Hollis Lester		3/4/1934	9/9/1983		R8-3
Erie Eugene Lester		3/14/1940	11/12/1992	“At Rest”	R8-4
Z. T. Lester		2/25/1930	3/4/1995	“At Rest”	R8-5
Broadus Lester		5/4/1928	5/1/1998	“At Rest”	R8-6
Johnny Lester		1/5/1938	6/9/1998	“At Rest”	R8-7

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