Cover photo for Mrs. Brenda Joyce Lester's Obituary
Mrs. Brenda Joyce Lester Profile Photo
1949 Brenda 2017

Mrs. Brenda Joyce Lester

January 15, 1949 — March 19, 2017

Brenda Joyce Lester, 68, passed away Sunday, March 19, 2017 surrounded by her family at St. Dominic’s Hospital in Jackson. Visitation will be Tuesday, March 21st from 5-8 p.m. and Wednesday, March 22nd from 1 p.m. until the 2 p.m. funeral service at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence. Burial will follow at Glenwood Memorial Park in Richland. Mrs. Lester was a long-time resident of Florence and a member of Briar Hill Baptist Church. She enjoyed crafting and making and doing things for craft shows and flea markets. She also enjoyed traveling as well as her job as a manufacturer in the Waste Water Industry. Her passion was her family, especially her grandchildren. Mrs. Brenda is preceded in death by her parents, George and Odell Poole; brother George Arthur Poole and sister, Rita Virginia Maddox. She is survived by her husband, Jerry Lester; son, Bryan (Alison) Hopson; daughter, Angela (Joe) Lacey; grandchildren, Emily Wednesday Hopson and William Caden Lacey; brothers, John Allen Poole, William Noy Poole and James David Poole; and sisters, Margaret Ann Dubaz and Dorothy Dell Lancaster. In lieu of flowers, the family request that memorials may be made to the Colon Cancer Foundation in her name.
To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Mrs. Brenda Joyce Lester, please visit our flower store.

Service Schedule

Past Services

Visitation

Chancellor Funeral Home Florence Location

2576 US 49, Florence, MS 39073

Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text. Standard text messaging rates apply.

Visitation

Chancellor Funeral Home Florence Location

2576 US 49, Florence, MS 39073

Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text. Standard text messaging rates apply.

Funeral Service

Chancellor Funeral Home Florence Location

2576 US 49, Florence, MS 39073

Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text. Standard text messaging rates apply.

Guestbook

Visits: 27

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the
Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Send Flowers

Send Flowers

Plant A Tree

Plant A Tree