Date/Place of Birth: March 25, 1885; near Salisbury, N.C. Parents: John Anderson Kester and Frances (Swink) Kester. Spouse/Marriage Date: Annie (Little) Kester; June 4, 1913 in Statesville, N.C.
Children: Ruth Pauline, Virgil Carl, Mary Elizabeth, Carroll Little, John Lee.
Education: Mount Pleasant Collegiate Institute, Newberry College, A.B. 1909, D.D.; Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, 1912, B.D. 1925.
Ordination: 1912 by North Carolina Synod.
Calls: Haven, Salisbury, 1912-13; St. Luke-Pilgrim, Davidson County; Reformation, Davie County, 1918-19; St. Stephen-Mt. Olive, Cabarrus County, 1919-20; St. Andrew- Calvary, Concord, 1920-28; St. Luke, Bear Poplar, 1928-31; Bethany, Kannapolis, 1931- 35. In South Carolina: St. John, Mt. Calvary, Johnston; Good Hope, Saluda, 1913-18; Beth Eden, St. James, Colony, Newberry, 1935-42; Emmanuel, Ridge Spring, St. Peter, Batesburg; Enon and Bethlehem, Leesville, 1943-46; Good Shepherd, Walterboro, 1946- 52; Ehrhardt Memorial and Mt. Pleasant, Ehrhardt, 1952-54. Retired 1953 at Walterboro, S.C.
Other: Board, Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary.
Date of Death/Burial Location: February 16, 1961; Greenlawn Memorial Park, Columbia,
S.C.
Date/Place of Birth: March 25, 1885; near Salisbury, N.C. Parents: John Anderson Kester and Frances (Swink) Kester. Spouse/Marriage Date: Annie (Little) Kester; June 4, 1913 in Statesville, N.C.
Children: Ruth Pauline, Virgil Carl, Mary Elizabeth, Carroll Little, John Lee.
Education: Mount Pleasant Collegiate Institute, Newberry College, A.B. 1909, D.D.; Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, 1912, B.D. 1925.
Ordination: 1912 by North Carolina Synod.
Calls: Haven, Salisbury, 1912-13; St. Luke-Pilgrim, Davidson County; Reformation, Davie County, 1918-19; St. Stephen-Mt. Olive, Cabarrus County, 1919-20; St. Andrew- Calvary, Concord, 1920-28; St. Luke, Bear Poplar, 1928-31; Bethany, Kannapolis, 1931- 35. In South Carolina: St. John, Mt. Calvary, Johnston; Good Hope, Saluda, 1913-18; Beth Eden, St. James, Colony, Newberry, 1935-42; Emmanuel, Ridge Spring, St. Peter, Batesburg; Enon and Bethlehem, Leesville, 1943-46; Good Shepherd, Walterboro, 1946- 52; Ehrhardt Memorial and Mt. Pleasant, Ehrhardt, 1952-54. Retired 1953 at Walterboro, S.C.
Other: Board, Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary.
Date of Death/Burial Location: February 16, 1961; Greenlawn Memorial Park, Columbia,
S.C.
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