Reverend Lester Calvin Jarrett, Sr., age 79 of the 400 Block of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Road, Ahoskie, died Thursday, August 12, 2010 at his home.
He was born June 18, 1931 in Davidson County, NC, the son of the late Luther Jarrett and Mille Meyers Jarrett.
He was a member of Higher Ground Pentecostal Holiness Church, a member of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church, former member of the Ahoskie Rescue Squad, a Hospital Chaplain and a fulltime Pastor.
A Celebration of Life service will be held Monday, August 16, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. at Carpenter Shop Church, Ahoskie. Burial will follow in Highland Memorial Gardens. Bishop Jimmy Whitfield will officiate.
Left to cherish his memory is his loving wife, Elma Dean Jarrett of the home; daughters, Bonnie Jarrett Edwards and her husband, Rev. Paul Edwards, of Ahoskie, and Dawn Jarrett Hill and her husband, Keith, of New Bern; a son, Gerald Jarrett and his wife, Sue, of Windsor; five grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; and a daughter-in-law, Yvonne Jarrett.
He was predeceased by a son, L.C. Jarrett; two brothers and two sisters.
The family will receive friends Sunday evening from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at the Garrett-Jones Funeral Home in Ahoskie and other times at the home.
Family and friends may send condolences online to www.garrettjonesfh.com
Garrett-Jones Funeral Home of Ahoskie is serving the Jarrett family.