Mr. Chester Forehand, age 65, of Vancleave, MS passed away on Saturday, July 17, 2021.
Chester was a lifelong resident of Vancleave and was employed with Huntington Ingalls as a rigger since 1974. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, spending time with his family, his friends and especially his grandchildren. He also helped build the new Latimer Assembly of God Church. His funeral will be the first funeral in the new church. He loved all the people at the church and everything about his church.
Chester was preceded in death by his parents, Jack and Velma Forehand and a brother, Howard Ray Waltman.
Survivors include his wife, Beth Forehand, children, Sonya (Anthony) Ware, Dick (Brandi) Forehand, Roland (Amanda Nelson) Forehand, Pamela Pharris, Charles (Rachel) Marie, Steven (Amanda) Marie, Stephanie Marie, sisters, Myrtle Crawford, Ann (Jimmy) Hand and Shirley (Dwayne), brother, Clyde (Judy) Ely, grandchildren, Tyler Turek, Shylia Brann, Destiny Forehand, Andrea Pharris, Zachary Marie, Jordan Hammonds, Christina Marie, Henry Pharris, Julie Marie, Charles Marie III, Gracie Marie, Justin Wiley, Jacob Marie, Addison Marie, great-grandchildren, Braidyn, Kannon, Karsen, Harlynn, Wade and Bentley, a host of nieces and nephews and ex-wife, Ida (Rodney) Craig.
Visitation will be on Thursday, July 22, from 6pm until 8pm, at the Vancleave Chapel of Bradford O'Keefe Funeral Home. On Friday, July 23, Mr. Forehand will lie in state from 1pm until 2pm, with a 2pm church service, all at the Latimer Assembly of God Church. Burial will follow in Vancleave Holiness Church Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Charles Marie, Steven Marie, Andy Anderson, Derek Brown, Clifton Crawford, Jimmy Hand and Lee Lee Waltman.
The Vancleave Chapel of Bradford O'Keefe Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.