TITLE:  Jessie Lewis Rambert

SOURCE: The New and Reporter, May 30, 2001

SUBMITTED: The News and Reporter

FORMATTED: Kim Grissom, May 2001

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Mr. Jessie Lewis Rambert, 56 


ELIZABETH, N.J. — The funeral for Mr. Jessie “Jet” Lewis Rambert of Elizabeth, N.J., and 
formerly of Chester, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday from St. John Methodist Church in 
Elizabeth with the Bishop Benjamin Jackson officiating. Burial will be in New Jersey. Mr. Lewis, 
56, died Saturday, May 26, 2001, at his home. Born in Chester County, he was a son of the late 
Derry Rambert and the late Willie Mae Rambert. He attended Finley High School and was a member 
of St. John Methodist Church, where he was a deacon. He was a construction worker and the 
owner/operator of Jessie High Hat Club in Elizabeth. Surviving are his wife, Queenie Rambert; 
seven sons, Christopher Rambert, Michael Rambert, both of the home, Jessie L. Rambert Jr., 
Drayton Rambert, both of Elizabeth, Kelvin Rambert of Charlotte, Jessie “Peter” Rambert and 
Corey Minter, both of Chester; five daughters, Tawanda “Peaches” Davis of Rock Hill, LaJoyce 
Rambert, Theresa Edmond, LaJetta Rambert and Katina Claxton, all of Elizabeth; four brothers, 
Derry Rambert and his wife, Gracie, of Jamaica, N.Y., Alex Rambert of Chester, Pa., Leroy 
Rambert and David Rambert, all of Chester; five sisters, Viola Washington, Lorenda Rambert, 
Alvenia Kennedy, Anna Gladney and her husband, Ernest, all of Chester, and Dorothy Jennings 
of Rock Hill; and 19 grandchildren. The family will receive friends Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. at 
Hicks Funeral Home, 655 Court St., Elizabeth. King’s Funeral Home, 135 Cemetery St., Chester, 
is in charge of the local announcement.

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