Albert Ramey Jester's Obituary
Albert R. Jester, 79, of Charlotte, passed away June 3, 2020.
Al was born and grew up in Columbus, OH. He graduated from West High School, and after working for Kroger, he joined the Marines Reserves and graduated from the Ohio State University with a bachelor’s degree in business. During his career, Al worked for a series of consumer products companies in the sales function, including Procter and Gamble, R.J. Reynolds, the Coca-Cola Company and finally retiring from Cadbury Schweppes, where he worked in the Mott’s applesauce and apple juice business. He liked to characterize his time in senior sales management roles for the Mott’s business as being a simple “apple peddler”. Al’s jobs moved him and his family around the US, living in Michigan, Maine, New York, Texas, Connecticut and finally settling in the Charlotte, NC area into his retirement. In his free time, Al enjoyed running, hiking and canoeing, tennis, building model airplanes and smoking his pipe.
Al was preceded in death by his son, Michael Jester, his brother, Donald Jester, and his parents Albert and Elsie Jester. Al is survived by his two daughters, Kristen Jester of Norway and Karyn Jester of Huntersville, NC, his grand-daughter Lily Jester Opland and son-in-law Eirik Jensen Opland of Norway, his sister-in-law, Sylvia Jester of Columbus, OH and his former wife Jo Anne Jester of Charlotte, NC.
Al will be buried in the Northlake Memorial Gardens in Huntersville, NC. A memorial service will be arranged at a later date.
Contributions in Al’s memory may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, Western Carolina Chapter (https://alz.org/northcarolina?set=1) or to Al’s favorite charity for military veterans, the Wounded Warrior Project (https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org).
James Funeral Home of Huntersville is serving the family.
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