Memorial Visitation
Megie Funeral Home-
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Mount Orab, Ohio 45154
Lester Elijah McFarland, Jr. of Highland County, Ohio, died October 3, 2020 at the age of 71. Lester E. (Butch) McFarland, Jr., was the beloved husband of Lee McFarland (nee Fox), and devoted father of Kimberly Creeden, Whitney A. McFarland, and Tiffany McFarland.
Their mother Susan McFarland also survives. He was a loving Grandfather to Rachel, Grant, Evan, Adam and Anthony; brother to Sondra Fisher (deceased), Faye Caldwell, and Sherry Hartz.
He was the son of Lester Elijah McFarland, Sr. and Sally Gracie McFarland (nee Mclean).
Lester was a southern gentleman who grew up in the south, in Opelika, Alabama, in a small community called Pepperell Village. Lester went to school at the first, and then second, Pepperell schools. Lester was baptized at Pepperell Baptist Church. He was a paperboy in this village.
Lester graduated with bachelors degrees, from Auburn University, in education and business. He had a great interest in WWII history. His father, Lester, Sr., served in this war, on a LST-325.
Lester has served, as an engineering volunteer, on the LST-325, in Indiana, that tours in our area. He also was a wonderful engraver and gunsmith. His favorite gun was the Mauser.
A Memorial Visitation will be held on Sasturday, December 5, 2020 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm at Megie Funeral Home located at 104 Spice St., Mt. Orab, Ohio 45154
Lester would have loved, that any donations, on his behalf, in his memory, to be made to the LST-325, at 610 NW Riverside Dr, Evansville, IN 47708.
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