Hazel Catherine Forrester of Manchester, Tennessee, passed this life on
Sunday, May 8th, 2016 at her residence at the age of 91. Mrs. Forrester
was born in Damascus, Virginia to the late Rufus and Pearl Osborne
Pruitt. She was a retired minister with the Independent Assemblies of God
and was a member of the First Assembly of God in Tullahoma. In addition
to her parents, Mrs. Forrester was preceded in death by her husband,
Charles Hobert Forrester Sr.; one daughter, Catherine Sparks; one son,
Timothy Forrester; five brothers, Herbert Pruitt, Russell Pruitt, Harold
Pruitt, Conley Pruitt, and Preston Pruitt; and three sisters, Louisa Poe,
Edith Royston, and Edna Dennison. She is survived by three sons, Ronald
Forrester, Sr. and his wife Margaret Ann of Manchester, Charles
Forrester, Jr. and his wife Nancy of Newport News, Virginia, and Donnie
Forrester and his wife Carlotta of Bedford, Virginia; one daughter, Linda
Granger and her husband Bernard of Bluff City, Tennessee; 12
grandchildren; 27 great grandchildren,; and seven great-great
grandchildren. Visitation for Mrs. Forrester will be held on Friday, May
13th, 2016 at the First Assembly of God in Tullahoma from 4:00-6:00pm
with the funeral service to immediately follow at 6:00pm with Rev. Bertha
Rogers, Raleigh Hayden, and Charles Dennison officiating. Burial will be
on Saturday, May 14th, 2016 at 3:00pm EST, at Sunset Memorial Park in
Damascus, Virginia. Pallbearers will be Chucky Forrester, David
Forrester, Gary Forrester, Glenn Granger, Robert Granger, Tim Forrester,
and Aaron Forrester.
Kilgore Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.