Arthur Peacock Jester

   Cause of his death was Myocardial Infarction/Pulmonary Malignancy, Rhuematic Heart Disease.

   FamilySearch ID: LWF4-3BZ. Find a Grave ID: 8655347.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation. Mechanic

• Name: Middle name from Mothers neice Clara Peacock, 8 Jan 1898.

• Organizations: Joined Masons, 4 Feb 1919, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA. ⁷⁰ Joined Monumental Lodge #96
Elected to Entered Apprentice 4 Feb 1919
Passed to Fellowcraft 18 Feb 1919
Raised 18 Mar 1919

• Residence: 3008 Abell Ave, 1923, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA. ^71,72

• Property: property on Coxes Creek, 10 Apr 1947, Kent Island, Queen Anne's County, Maryland, USA.

• Will: at Queen Anne's County registrar of wills, 26 May 1962. ⁷³

• Obituary, 19 Jul 1967, Chester, Queen Anne's County, Maryland. ⁷⁴ Funeral services for Arthur P. Jester, who established one of the first automobile business in the state, will be held at 2 P.M. Firday at the Lane funeral establishment here.

Mr. Jester, who was 70, died unexpectedly Tuesday at Johns Hopkins Hospital.

A native of Kent County, he attended Kent county schools before moving to Baltimore with his father who established a livery stable here. In 1902 the livery stable was changed to an automobile business, which Mr. Jester owned with his brother Wallace P. Jester.

Mr. Jester sold Denby's, Mitchells, and Willys-Knight Overlands before selling Nash's. In 1951 he retired to his Eastern Shore home.

He was an active member of the Tall Cedars of Lebanon, the Lions Club, and the Boumi Temple Yacht club. He was a member of the grace Memorial Baptist Church in Baltimore.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs Marie A. Jester; a son, Wesley M. Jester,of Lutherville; and a daughter, Mrs. Charles Cousins, of Baltimore.

• Probate: Queen Anne's County Court, 1 Aug 1967. ⁷⁵

Arthur married Eva Clifton Mason, daughter of George Evans Mason, Jr. and Margaret Octavia Wooden, on 24 Sep 1919 in Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA.⁶⁶ (Eva Clifton Mason was born on 10 Mar 1898 in Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA, died on 11 Nov 1936 in Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA and was buried on 14 Nov 1936 in Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore City, Maryland USA.). The cause of her death was Peritonitis.

Arthur next married Marie Antoinette Johnson, daughter of Edward J. Johnson and Theresa K. J. Koerber, on 24 Sep 1919 in Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA.⁶⁷ (Marie Antoinette Johnson was born on 3 Jun 1897 in Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA and died on 15 Mar 1995 in Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA.)