Patrick Elden Lester, 48, beloved husband of Brandie Harrell Lester, died Friday, Oct. 9, 2015, at the Medical University of South Carolina hospital in Charleston.
Born in Titusville, Florida, he was a son of Kermit Elden Lester and the late Jewel Marie Lester. Mr. Lester served in the U.S. Marine Corps as a machine gunner certified sniper. After his service in the Marine Corps, Patrick worked as a contractor specializing in carpentry. Mr. Lester enjoyed life, especially hunting and fishing, and loved spending time with his family. He will be remembered as a loving husband, father, son, brother and friend. He will be dearly missed by all who knew him.
Survivors besides his wife and father include two sons, Paxton Boone Lester and Dakota Layton Geddings, both of Sumter; two brothers, Kermit Dale Lester and his wife, Ruby, of Sumter and Stacey Lester and his wife, Deborah, of Chesapeake, Virginia.; two sisters, Cecilia Swanson and Tempie Lynn Davis and her husband, Steve, both of Sumter; a number nieces and nephews; and special friends Jeff Branham, Daniel Caraway, Greg Davis and Gregg Garrison.
In addition to his mother, Patrick Elden Lester Lester was preceded in death by a daughter, Adalynn Marie Lester.
Funeral services will be held 3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015, at New Start Community Church of the Nazarene, with the Rev. Dale Turner, the Rev. Greg Pressley and the Rev. Charles Ahtonen officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
Jeff Branham, Daniel Caraway, Dillon Davis, Gregg Garrison, Sean Harper, Kyle Lester, Judson Sauls, Justin Sauls and James Short will serve as pallbearers.
The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015, at Bullock Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Safe Federal Credit Union Memorial Fund for Patrick E. Lester, 170 West Wesmark Blvd., Sumter, SC 29150
You may sign the family's guest book at www.bullockfuneralhome.com.
The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home for the arrangements for Patrick Elden Lester.
