FLOYD COUNTY, GA - OBITS   Major Arthur A. Forrest

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Rome News Tribune June 10, 1984
Maj. Forrest

Major Arthur A. Forrest, retired, 68, 208 Robin Hood
Road, Sherwood Forest, died at 10:45 a.m. Friday in
a Rome hospital.

He was born June 19, 1915 in Floyd County, son of
Fannie Belle Whetstone Forrest and the late
Ferdinand H. Forrest. He had spent most of his life
in Rome and Floyd County. He retired from the U.S.
Army in 1963 after 23 years service.

He was member of the Rome Elks Club, Veteran of
Foreign Wars, Shanklin-Attaway Post 5, American
Legion and the Retired Officers Association.

Survivors include his widow, the former Clara
Goldman, to whom he was married Sept. 28, 1946, a
brother, James M. (Billy) Forrest, Rome; two
sisters, Mrs. Thelma Starr, Silver Creek and Mrs.
Louise Morgan, Winston Salem, N.C.; mother, Mrs. F.
H. Forrest, Rome, and a number of nieces and
nephews.

Graveside services will be held at 3 p.m. today at
East View Cemetery with the Rev. Gary Batchelor
officiating. Full military honors will be conducted
by the mil-itary staff at Fort McPherson. (Note:
died June 8, buried at Eastview Cem.)