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Bluefield, WV- Rosa S. Lester, 100, of 3129 E. Cumberland Road, Bluefield, WV, died Wednesday August 16, 2006 in a Bland County nursing home. 

      Born June 7, 1906 in Matoaka, WV, she was the daughter of the late William R. Wright and Amber City Branscomb.  She held a Bachelor’s of Science in Elementary Education from Concord State Teacher’s College.  She taught in Wyoming County Schools for 35 years, with her longest tenure being at Huff Creek Consolidated School in Hanover, WV.  Mrs. Lester was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Iaeger, WV where she was a member of the choir and taught Sunday School for 25 years. 

     In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Amos R. Steele; her second husband, Virgil Lester; one daughter, Inez M. Stone; one sister, Hattie Stevenson; and two brothers-in-law, Carl Sawyers and Isaac Stevenson. 

     Survivors include her daughter, Thelma Massie and her husband Robert K. Massie, Sr. of Bluefield; one sister, Ethel Sawyers of Matoaka, WV; two grandchildren, Robert Kelley Massie, Jr. and his wife Deborah of Princeton and Aaron Stone and his wife Sevane of Brighton, Mich.; four great grandchildren, Ryan K. Massie of Knoxville, TN, Megan E. Massie of Princeton, Araz I. Stone and Ari Stone, both of Brighton, MI.  

      Funeral services will be conducted Saturday August 19, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. at Bland Street United Methodist Church with Rev. David L. Hall, Jr. and Rev. Daniel Dean officiating.  Burial will follow at Woodlawn Memorial Park in Bluewell. 

     The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday August 18th from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m.

     Serving as pallbearers will be Kelley Massie, Aaron Stone, Ryan Massie, Rodney Mitchem, John Mahood and Robert Blair.

     In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions, if desired, may be sent to the Alzheimer’s Association, 1200 Quarrier Street, Suite 4, Charleston, WV 25301.

     Mercer Funeral Home & Crematory is serving the Lester family.

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