Mrs. Jessie Lee Ahart, age 75 of Fair Play, MO, passed away Saturday April 23, 2011 in her home. She was born February 24, 1936 in Aldrich, MO to Rev. Leonard Don and Jessie Alline (Cornell) Foster. Jessie married Charles W. Ahart on January 4, 1951. She was a lifelong member of Lighthouse Missionary Baptist Church. Her greatest mission in life was to reach out to the lost and to show them there was better way through Jesus Christ. She loved spending time with her family and friends.
Jessie was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Charles Ahart; her daughter Rosemary Godfrey; her sons Roy Lee Ahart and Leonard Dale Ahart; her brother Leonard Eugene Foster; her sister Carrie Ann Foster and her grandson Larry Wayne Godfrey.
She is survived by two sons Charles Robert Ahart and his wife Lisa of Bolivar, MO; Jerry Dean Ahart and his wife Barbara of Liberty, OK; two brothers Carl Foster and his wife Beverly of Buffalo, MO; Billy Foster and his wife Louise Foster of Fair Play, MO; a sister Virginia Sue Hoggs and her husband JR of Florence, Oregon; ten grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Funeral services for Jessie Lee Ahart will be at 2:00 pm Thursday April 28, 2011 in Pitts Chapel in Bolivar, MO with Rev. Jim Bybee officiating with burial to follow in the Enon Cemetery in Wishart, MO. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 pm Wednesday April 27, 2011 in the chapel. Friends and family may sign a guest book or send private condolences at: www.greenlawnfuneralhome.com. Arrangements have been entrusted to Pitts Chapel in Bolivar, MO.