Lester Marion Forde Sr.

Lester Forde Sr.

Obituary Notice Lester Forde YORK Lester Marion Forde, Sr., 77, of 53 6th St died Sunday, October 21, 2012, at his home in York. The funeral will be at 2:00 P.M. on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at Central Baptist Church with Pastors Carey Caldwell and Olivene Martin officiating. Burial will be at Lakeview Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 from 1 - 2 PM at the Central Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. Lester was preceded in death by his grandparents who raised him Asher and Bessie Sims Forde. He was a member of Central Baptist Church, and was retired from Cannon Mill. He is survived by his wife Isabelle Adams Forde of York, SC, sons, Lester Forde, Jr (Tina), Jamie Forde, Ronnie Forde (Angela), daughters, Sarah Forde Comer (Hugh John), Lisa Forde Williams (Dwayne), Terra Forde Rose (Brian), sisters, Jean Richburg, Martha Whitt, Sharon Bertie Weatherford, Violet Vause, brothers, Danny Vause, Calvin Vause, 18 grandchildren, and 9 great grandchildren. Lester was preceded in death by his brother George Vause. Memorials may be made to Central Baptist Church, PO Box 689, York, SC 29745, or to Hospice Care of South Carolina, 1230 Ebenezer Road, Rock Hill, SC 29732. Online condolences to the family may be made at www.brattonfuneralhome.com. Bratton Funeral Home in York is serving the Forde family.