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Lester C Forrest 1913 - 1996

Lester Clay Forrest of Brunswick, Glynn County, GA was born on March 12, 1913 in Canton, Cherokee County, and died at age 83 years old on May 6, 1996 in Brunswick, Glynn County.

Lester Clay Forrest
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Brunswick, Glynn County, GA 31525
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March 12, 1913
Canton, Cherokee County, Georgia, United States
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    Lester Clay Forrest was born on March 12th, 1913 in Canton, Georgia to Marshall Otto Forrest (1889 - 1951) and Alma R. Land (1890 - 1920). He had two sisters: Geneva, born 1915, and Virginia, born 1920. Virginia only lived three years. Lester C. Forrest married Evelyn Nell Parker (1919 - 1998) on May 7th, 1938 in Marietta, Georgia. They had two sons, one of whom was Lester Lee Forrest (1939 - 2012).
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    March 12, 1913
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    Canton, Cherokee County, Georgia United States
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  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Lester was Caucasian, of Scottish heritage on his paternal line. His several times great-grandfather, Samuel James Forrest, was born on January 28th, 1660 in East Lothian, Scotland. On his maternal line, his several times great-grandfather, Curtis Land, was born in Devon, England in 1635, making him British.

  • Nationality & Locations

    Lester was born and raised in Georgia. Most of his life, he lived in Georgia, where his parents and grandparents were born.

  • Professional Career

    In 1940, when he was 27 years old, Lester was working for Harwood Construction Company in Newport News, Virginia. A decade later, while living in Fort Payne, Alabama, Lester was an assistant superintendent in the building County Courthouse.

  • Personal Life & Family

    On his October 1940 World War II draft card, Lester was described as being 5 feet 8 and 1/2 inches tall and as weighing 150 pounds. He had brown eyes, brown hair, and a "ruddy" complexion.
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In 1913, in the year that Lester C Forrest was born, the 17th Amendment, establishing the direct election of U.S. Senators, was adopted. Previously, Senators were elected by state legislatures. As early as 1826, a call to elect senators through popular vote was championed and previous to the 17th amendment, two states had already changed their process. Governors are still able to appoint senators to vacant seats until an election can be held.
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In 1932, Lester was 19 years old when five years to the day after Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic, Amelia Earhart flew solo from Newfoundland to Ireland, the first woman to cross the Atlantic solo and the first to replicate Lindbergh's feat. She flew over 2,000 miles in just under 15 hours.
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Forrest, Charles (Born Feb 1, 1847) Forrest, Gertrude (Born Jan 11, 1879) Forrest, Nellie (Born Jul 11, 1884) Forrest, Jane (Born Feb 2, 1849) Forrest, Lenora (Born Feb 26, 1881) Forrest, Mary (Born Apr 15, 1860) Forrest, James (Born Dec 6, 1876) Forrest, Harold (Aug 16, 1920 - Apr 18, 1995) Forrest, Gertrude (Dec 2, 1914 - May 1991) Forrest, Bernard (Jan 27, 1905 - Oct 1967)
Forrest, Adelaide (Sep 24, 1899 - Apr 1977) Forrest, John (Oct 27, 1921 - Jul 21, 2007) Forrest, Hulda (May 3, 1919 - Mar 16, 1999) Forrest, Howard (Dec 7, 1898 - Jan 26, 1989) Forrest, Emma (Mar 4, 1898 - Apr 21, 1989) Forrest, Wilfred (May 25, 1941 - Mar 29, 2010) Forrest, Ida (Jun 18, 1907 - Nov 3, 2005) Forrest, Walter (Mar 13, 1897 - Jun 1977) Forrest, Rita (Nov 1, 1919 - Feb 16, 2010) Forrest, Gerard (Jul 3, 1917 - Aug 1981)
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