Wesley Jerome Rector's Obituary
Visitation will begin Friday, July 17, 2020, from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM, at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in DeRidder, LA. Funeral services will be Saturday, July 18, 2020, 10:00 AM, at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in DeRidder with Rev. Danny Wilson officiating. Interment will follow at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, DeRidder, LA.
Wesley Jerome Rector was born June 17, 1929 in Montrose, LA. He was the oldest son of Wesley Washington Rector and Maudie Roseann Dowden. He passed from this life on Tuesday, July 14, 2020 in DeRidder, LA.
Jerome was a resident of Beauregard Parish since 1949. During his life, he held many trades including insurance sales, night guard at Fort Polk, rodeo stock contractor, newspaper deliveryman, pulpwood contractor, auto body repair, jailer at Beauregard Parish Jail, gardener, cattleman and night clerk for Labby Memorial Funeral Home. It could be said that he was a Jack-of-all-trades but most definitely a master of one… that of Barber. He started cutting the hair of calvary soldiers around his home at the age of 15 and he continued cutting hair throughout his life until he was 85.
He leaves behind his wife of 71 years, Clarriece Maxine Whitley Rector, daughter Deborah Ann Lange Westmoreland, daughter Dottie Belle Travis and husband Raulin, son Thomas Wesley Rector, daughter Donna Elizabeth Rector, son Marion (Marty) Jerome Rector and wife Melissa, all residing in DeRidder, LA, sister-in-law Reta Fay Rector of Leesville, 10 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren and 3 great-great grandchildren.
Jerome was preceded in death by his father Wesley Washington Rector; mother Maudie Roseann (Dowden) Rector; and brother Clayton Lawrence Rector.
The family wishes to express special thanks for their wonderful care of Jerome to Brighton Bridge Hospice of Oberlin.
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