OXFORD — Lester King Michelletti, 70, died Monday, July 31, 2017, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. The family will hold a private memorial service at a later date.

Along with his parents, he was preceded in death by daughter Lisa Gail Michelletti and brothers Peter J. Michelletti and Jack H. Michelletti.

He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Jane A. Michelletti of Paris, Mississippi; daughter, Lynn Michelletti Rubenstahl of Leonardtown, Maryland; son, William “Billy” H. Michelletti of Paris; brothers, John “Mike” Carl Michelletti, Jr. of Paris, and Virgil Dewey (Lisa) Michelletti of Philadelphia, Mississippi; sisters, Marcia M. Sprouse of Water Valley, Susan C. Murphy of Xenia, Ohio, and Carol C. Clark of Indianola; and a host of nieces and nephews.

Donations and memorials may be made in Mr. Michelletti’s honor to the donor’s choice of The American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 8217, Jackson, MS 39284-8217; St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, P.O. Box 1000, Dept. 142, Memphis, TN 38101-9908; or Paris Memorial Cemetery Fund in care of Betty Mize, 86 CR 479, Paris, MS 38949.

Online condolences may be left on the Tribute Wall at www.colemanfuneralhome.com.