Lester Insley Sutphin

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census: Montgomery Co, VA - 1930 Federal Census, 30 Apr 1930, Montgomery CO, VA. ⁵ Auburn, Dist 4, Sheet 3A, Stamped Pg 137

• Obituary. ⁴ Lester Insley Sutphin, of Boydton, husband of the late Kathleen Adams Sutphin, passed away on December 21, 2021, at the age of 93.

Born in Floyd County, Va., on June 1, 1928, he was the son of the late Roy Harrison and Olya Lester Sutphin. After serving two years in the U.S. Army, Les graduated from Virginia Tech in 1952 with a degree in Forestry. He spent his career with the Army Corps of Engineers, retiring as Resource Manager at John H. Kerr Reservoir after 40 years. He was proud of the facilities and programs that he helped develop, but especially of the many people whom he mentored and considered his Corps family. Les loved Mecklenburg County and served on town council, the social services board and other community organizations during his 64 years in Boydton. He treasured his lifelong friends and neighbors there and at Kinderton and Mecklenburg Country Clubs.

Les is survived by sons, Lester I. "Lee" Sutphin Jr. and wife, Anne Edmunds Sutphin, of Richmond and Harrison Adams Sutphin and wife, Anne Marlow Sutphin, of Charlottesville; his grandchildren, William Sutphin (Meredith), Elizabeth Isaacs (Kevin), Peter Sutphin (Andrea), Christian and Harrison Sutphin; great-grandchildren, Wyatt and Walker Sutphin and Harrison Isaacs; sisters, Jean Huffman (Lloyd) and Carolyn Bishop; sisters-in-law, Nancy Seek, Martha Adams and Barbara Adams; and 15 nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by his sister, Arlene Paitsel.

A celebration of Les's life will be held this spring and announced at a later date.

Lester married Frances Kathleen Adams on 10 Apr 1954 in Franklin Co., VA.¹ (Frances Kathleen Adams was born on 7 Jun 1930 in Forsyth Co., NC ^{4 6} and died on 18 Jun 2012 in Mecklenburg Co., VA ^{4 6 7}.)