Funeral services for Mr. Lester Cecil Kirk of Duck Hill will be held at 12:00 p.m. on Friday, December 29, in the Oliver Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Terry Corley officiating. Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Dian Kruger, Dewayne Lishman, Michael Rubio, Steven Stoker, Joey Evans, and Chris Adams. Honorary pallbearers will be Cannon Kirk, Scott Kirk, Jack Williams, and Kirk Tyler.
Visitation will be held Friday, December 29, from 10:00 a.m. until service time at Oliver Funeral Home.
Mr. Lester Cecil Kirk, 88, passed away Monday, December 25, 2023, at Regional One Health in Memphis, TN. He was born in Duck Hill on August 30, 1935, to Cecil and Donnie Jones Kirk. He was a member of Scotland Baptist Church and a retired bus driver for Greyhound. After retirement, he worked for a parts house in Jackson. He loved his cats and enjoyed entertaining company.
Mr. Kirk is survived by his son, Kenneth Kirk; stepdaughter, Cheryl Berryhill Johnson; stepson, Kevin Berryhill (Lindia); and one granddaughter, Lindsey Leigh Berryhill. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Velma Bernice Keyes Kirk, and his brother, Charles Kirk.
Memorial contributions may be made to Shiloh Baptist Cemetery Fund, PO Box 182, Duck Hill, MS 38925.
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Will miss you my friend!! Skeet Simmons
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He worked for Trailways at the ticket counter.
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I met Lester Cecil at the deli at SuperValu some months ago, and we exchanged so many ideas and experiences during phone conversations since then. I hate that he’s gone, but he repeatedly said he’d had a very good life.
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