Phyllis Lester

Phyllis Ann Lester, 62, of Pounding Mill, Virginia passed away Tuesday, April 22, 2008 in a Richlands, Virginia hospital following a lengthy illness. She was born in Whitewood, Virginia and was the daughter of Edith Faye Yates Compton of Grundy, Virginia and the late, A.T. Compton, Jr. She graduated from Whitewood High School with the Class of 1964 and the Roanoke Business College and had attended ETSU. She worked at SVCC and had worked for Island Creek Coal Co., Belk, and First Union Bank. She loved flowers and decorating, and was a member of the Richlands Garden Club. She loved riding bikes and being outdoors and was a loving wife and mother. She had lived most of her life in the area and attended Community Heights Baptist Church. She had fought a 13 year battle with cancer and at the time of her death she was the longest living survivor with her type of cancer. Survivors, in addition to her mother, are Her husband, Paris Lester, Jr. Daughter Laura Spalding of Knoxville, Tennessee Son Dr. Matthew A. Lester and wife, Leslie of Knoxville, Tennessee Brother Ronald Compton and wife, Pat of Compton Mountain, Virginia Half-Brother Archie Compton of Shortts Gap, Virginia Grandchildren Sierra Faith Spalding, Ryan A. Lester, Ashton R. Lester, and Courtney A. Lester A large extended family as well as a host of nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral services for Phyllis Lester will be conducted at 1:00pm Friday, April 25, 2008 at Hurst-Scott Funeral Home in Richlands, Virginia with the Rev. Bill Keele officiating. Entombment will follow at Greenhills Memory Gardens at Claypool Hill, Virginia. Pallbearers will be Nephews and Brothers-in-law. Honorary Pallbearers will be Dr. Mario Stefanini, Dr. Howard Scott, Jody Fuller, Buford Yates, Harold Cox, Bill Keele, and Flip Sykes. Friends may call at Hurst-Scott Funeral Home in Richlands, Virginia from 6:00pm until 8:00pm Thursday evening. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Community Heights Short Term Mission Fund, PO Box 1126, Cedar Bluff, Virginia, 24609 or to the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, 383 Main Avenue, 5th floor, Norwalk, CT 06851

Phyllis Lester

December 22, 1945 - April 22, 2008