Frederick Alexander “Skip” Jesser III, 70, of Lewisburg, WV, passed away Tuesday, June 16, 2015.
Mr. Jesser was born February 20, 1945, in Washington, D.C., the son of the late Frederick A. Jesser Jr. and Elizabeth Sutherland Jesser.
Mr. Jesser was a 1962 graduate of Charleston High School and attended Morris Harvey College (now the University of Charleston), Concord College, Marshall University, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Richmond Professional Institute. He was a 1967 graduate of Hampden-Sydney College, where he was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha Social Fraternity. He was a 1972 graduate of West Virginia University College of Law, where he was a member of the West Virginia Law Review. Upon graduation from law school, he became associated with the firm of Love, Abbot, and Hill in Fayetteville, WV, eventually becoming Jesser & Associates, where he remained throughout his professional life.
He was a former member of the Goochland, VA, Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Fayetteville Rotary Club. He was also a former president of the Oak Hill Rotary Club. During his professional career, he served as president of the Fayette County Bar Association, was a member of the board of governors of the West Virginia State Bar, and was founder and board member of the 12th Judicial Circuit Public Defender Corporation. He was a member of the board of directors of Fayette County National Bank, where he served also as general counsel. He was a member of White Oak Country Club and Edgewood Country Club.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Roxalana Bankead Banks Jesser; his maternal grandparents, George Edwin Sutherland and Josephine Hansford Sutherland; and paternal grandparents, Frederick A. Jesser and Wilma Topping Jesser.
Mr. Jesser is survived by a sister, Betsy White of Charleston, WV; his sons, Frederick Alexander Jesser IV and wife, Angela, of Williamstown, WV, and Banks Sutherland Jesser and wife, Courtney, of Sinks Grove, WV; grandchildren, Gavin Dunbar McCraw, Lilia Roxalana, Monroe Beatrice, and Frederick Alexander Jesser V; and long-time friend, Nancye Bazzle of Charleston.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, June 27, 2015, at 4 PM at Jessunder, 701 Lipps Road, Lewisburg.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to your local Humane Society.
Online condolences may be made by visitingwww.WallaceandWallaceFH.com.
Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home in Lewisburg is in charge of arrangements.
Obituary originally published in the June 18, 2015, edition of The West Virginia Daily News.
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