Lester Owen Heritage, age 89, of McShan, Ala., died December 10, 2015, at home. Services will be 2 p.m. Sunday, December 13, 2015, at Mineral Springs Baptist Church with eulogy by Faye Heritage Tilley and Bro. Dan Finney officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with Skelton Funeral Home of Reform directing. The family will receive friends immediately following service at the church.
He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Annie Luvenia Noland; brothers, John Sanford Heritage, Jr. and David Olen Heritage; brother-in-law, John Robert Jacobs.
Survivors include his wife of 66 years, Vester Mae Burgess Heritage of McShan, Ala.; sister, Betty Jane Jacobs of Reform, Ala.; brothers, James Harold Heritage (Christine) of McShan, Ala., Willard Jackson Heritage (Joyce) of McShan, Ala. and Edward Hugh Heritage (Betty) of Reform, Ala.; special family, Wanda Aldridge and Elmer (deceased), Natalie Gilliland and Shannon and Tavie Gilliland; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Lester was born March 5, 1926 in Pickens County, Alabama to the late John Sanford Heritage, Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Black Heritage. He was a Deacon Emeritus and member of Mineral Springs Baptist Church. Lester was a carpenter and retired from McShan Lumber Company with 47 years of service. He was a Petty Officer 3rd Class in the U.S. Navy and veteran of World War II.