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    John Harold "Jack" Jester

    Male 1938 - 2010  (72 years)


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    Generation: 1

    1. 1.  John Harold "Jack" Jester was born on 13 Feb 1938 in Greenville, South Carolina U.S.A. (son of Rev. Harold Thomas Jester and Sara Rowland Hughey); died on 21 Sep 2010 in Fayetteville, NC; was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

      Notes:

      Mary Frances Reynolds married John Harold Jester 12 JUNE 1965
      Her First Marriage
      Divorced 1982

      John Harold Jester enlisted in the Army and was discharged honorably after serving 4 years. He was trained as a medical technologist and was stationed in San Francisco, California. He married Donna Jean Bono in the early 1960's and was divorced from her prior to 1965 when he married Mary Frances Reynolds. He planned to go to veterinary school and practice with Harold Tinsley, who was his mentor, but was not accepted to Georgia Tech, which was the only veterinary program who accepted students from Virginia, at that time. He worked as a medical technologist in Danville, Virginia and in Martinsville, Virginia. He lived with his son, Harold Thomas Jester, II until his death in 2010.

      John married Living [Group Sheet]

      Children:
      1. Living
      2. Living
      3. Living
      4. Living

    Generation: 2

    1. 2.  Rev. Harold Thomas Jester was born on 15 Jun 1913 in Greenville, South Carolina U.S.A. (son of Rev. John Roberts Jester and Annie Perry); died on 29 Nov 1943 in Greenville, South Carolina U.S.A.; was buried in Greenville, South Carolina U.S.A..

      Harold married Sara Rowland Hughey in Greenville, South Carolina U.S.A.. Sara (daughter of John Duncan Hughey and Nannie Gillette Rowland) was born on 08 Sep 1913 in Greenville, South Carolina U.S.A.; died on 26 Oct 1998 in North Carolina U.S.A.; was buried in Highland Park, Danville, Virginia U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]


    2. 3.  Sara Rowland Hughey was born on 08 Sep 1913 in Greenville, South Carolina U.S.A. (daughter of John Duncan Hughey and Nannie Gillette Rowland); died on 26 Oct 1998 in North Carolina U.S.A.; was buried in Highland Park, Danville, Virginia U.S.A..

      Notes:

      Sara was a nurse. After her husband's death, she relocated to Danville Virginia where she was a bookkeeper and nurse for a veterinary practice in Danville, Virginia, Tinsley Veterinary Hospital. For more than 30 years Harold Tinsley employed Sara and became surrogate to her two orphaned sons.

      Buried:
      Sara Rowland Hughey Jester was cremated and her ashes scattered at the family plot at Highland Burial Park, Danville, Virginia. Her private service was conducted by her nephew, Rev. Burton Kirke White, Jr. with family members present.

      Children:
      1. 1. John Harold "Jack" Jester was born on 13 Feb 1938 in Greenville, South Carolina U.S.A.; died on 21 Sep 2010 in Fayetteville, NC; was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
      2. Thomas Duncan Jester was born on 30 Jun 1944 in Danville, Pittsylvania, Virginia U.S.A.; died on 14 Apr 1961 in Danville, Pittsylvania, Virginia U.S.A.; was buried in 1961 in Highland Burial Park: N. Main St., Danville, Va., U.S.A..


    Generation: 3

    1. 4.  Rev. John Roberts Jester died on 27 May 1965 in Greenville, South Carolina.

      John married Annie Perry. Annie died on 10 Nov 1970 in Greenville, South Carolina. [Group Sheet]


    2. 5.  Annie Perry died on 10 Nov 1970 in Greenville, South Carolina.
      Children:
      1. 2. Rev. Harold Thomas Jester was born on 15 Jun 1913 in Greenville, South Carolina U.S.A.; died on 29 Nov 1943 in Greenville, South Carolina U.S.A.; was buried in Greenville, South Carolina U.S.A..
      2. Perry Jester was born before 1913; died after 1967 in Canada.
      3. Dana Jester died on 15 Oct 1974 in Charlottesville, VA.
      4. Dr. Arthur Jester was born before 1913; died after 1967.
      5. John Roberts Jester, Jr. was born in Unk; died in in Died in Infancy.

    3. 6.  John Duncan Hughey was born in C 1885 in prob. Greenville, South Carolina.

      John married Nannie Gillette Rowland. Nannie was born about 1883; died on 31 Aug 1964 in Danville, Vriginia; was buried in Highland Burial Park: N. Main St., Danville, Va., U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]


    4. 7.  Nannie Gillette RowlandNannie Gillette Rowland was born about 1883; died on 31 Aug 1964 in Danville, Vriginia; was buried in Highland Burial Park: N. Main St., Danville, Va., U.S.A..
      Children:
      1. 3. Sara Rowland Hughey was born on 08 Sep 1913 in Greenville, South Carolina U.S.A.; died on 26 Oct 1998 in North Carolina U.S.A.; was buried in Highland Park, Danville, Virginia U.S.A..
      2. Nancy Rowland Hughey was born on 22 Sep 1906 in Greenville, SC; died on 02 Sep 2002; was buried in Green Hill Cemetery-Danville, Virginia.