Resolution 603-1996
Mayor Emeritus Wilhelmina Harvey
RESOLUTION NO. 603 -1996
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, IN
RECOGNITION OF THE LATE DR. J. LANCELOT LESTER, JR.
WHEREAS, Dr. J. Lancelot Lester, Jr., a longtime resident of the City of Key West. has
passed away at the age of 82: and
WHEREAS, Dr. Lester was a physician and surgeon for some 50 years, having received his
medical degree from Tulane Medical School in 1941: and
WHEREAS, Dr. Lester served as a flight surgeon in the Army Air Force during World War II
in New Guinea and the Philippines: and
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WHEREAS, Dr. Lester resumed his practice in Key West. where he treiite'dTand~rfor~d
surgery on hundreds of local citizens: and
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WHEREAS, Dr. Lester's wife, Lola, was his surgical nurse during all the years he performed
surgery; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Lester is credited in establishing the Southern Medical Group, comprised
of local doctors caring for the people of Key West: NOW THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY,
FLORIDA that
Section 1.
The Board hereby adopts this Resolution as evidence of its regret and
mourning for the passing of the late Dr. J. Lancelot Lester, Jr., and in recognition of his extensive
dedication and vast public service to the people of Key West and Monroe County, Florida.
Section 2.
The Board hereby requests the Clerk to forward copies of this Resolution
to Dr. Lester's widow, Lola, to express the Board's sorrow.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, at a regular meeting of the Board held on the 18thday of December
,1996.
Mayor Douglass
Mayor Pro T em London
Commissioner Harvey
Commissioner Freeman
Commissioner Reich
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Depu Cler
ATTEST: DANNY L. KOLHAGE, CLERK
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