William N. Lester, Jr., age 80, of Kentre Lane, Morehead, KY, a longtime resident of Phelps and Majestic in Pike County, Kentucky, passed away Wednesday, May 9, 2007, at the Meadowview Regional Medical Center in Maysville, Kentucky. He was born September 4, 1926, in Mohawk, West Virginia, and was the son of the late William N. and Julie Hopkins Lester. He is survived by his wife, Pat Smith Lester; four sons, Lonnie Ray (Debbie) Lester, Robert Lester, and Bill Lester, all of Columbus, Ohio, and David L. (Rebecca) Lester of Jeffersonville, Kentucky; one daughter, Catherine Cash of Columbus, Ohio; two stepsons, James Thomas (June) Smith and Frankie Edward Smith, all of Phelps, Kentucky; four stepdaughters, Joann (Larry) Moore, Lois Larkins, and Connie Smith, all of Morehead, Kentucky, and Angela Hayes of Louisville, Kentucky; two sisters, Bernice Lester of Columbus, Ohio, and Lona Mae Wolford of Majestic, Kentucky; and a host of grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Mr. Lester served in the U. S. Navy during the Korean War and was a coal miner in Kentucky and West Virginia. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m., Friday, May 11, 2007, at Northcutt & Son Home for Funerals Memorial Chapel with the Rev. H. G. Pratt officiating. Burial will follow in the Brown Cemetery with full military rites conducted by Morehead American Legion Post No. 126. Visitation is at 7 p.m., Thursday, May 10, 2007, at Northcutt & Son Home for Funerals. Visitation: Thursday, May 10, 2007, at 7 p.m. Funeral: Friday, May 11, 2007, at 3 p.m. Interment: Brown Cemetery