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Benjamin Roosevelt Lester

Birth: 1 Aug 1906
Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, USA
Death: 21 Oct 1983 (aged 77)
Oakland, Alameda County, California, USA
Burial: Chapel of the Chimes Columbarium and Mausoleum

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Plot: Sanctuary of Dawn
Memorial ID: 165952525 View Source

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Mary Augusta Houston Nicholson

1878–1950

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Ruth Maybelle Smith Lester

1911–2009

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Green William Lester

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