Billy was the former pastor of Camp Creek Community Church and loved reading the Bible. He enjoyed spending time with his family and his longtime friends, the “McDonald’s Coffee Crew.” He was a former school bus driver, local coal truck driver and police officer in Matoaka. He enjoyed the outdoors and hunting. His last job was in maintenance at Mercer Mall.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, William Lester and Wayne Lester; one sister, Shelvie Stables; and two grandsons.
Survivors include four children, Ricky Lester and wife Valerie of Bluefield, Becky Riffe and husband Chuck of Princeton, Amanda Cecil and husband Gerald of Rock and Brittany Edwards and husband Daniel of Bedford, VA; eight grandchildren; and one great grandson.
Funeral services will be conducted at 6:00 p.m. Monday, December 18, 2023 at the Bailey-Kirk Funeral Home in Princeton with Pastor David Lee and Pastor Fred Lee officiating. Burial will be at the Shrewsbury Family Cemetery on Clines County Road in Rock at a later date.
The family will receive friends Monday, December 18, 2023 from 5:00 p.m. until service hour at the Bailey-Kirk Funeral Home in Princeton. Online condolences may be shared with the family at www.bailey-kirk.com.
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