Floyd Linwood Forrest, Sr.

CHESAPEAKE- Floyd Linwood Forrest, Sr., 93, died September 13, 2013. A native of Poquoson, VA, he was the widower of Virginia Cooper Forrest. Mr. Forrest was the former owner of Forrest Septic Tank Co. and a member of Centenary United Methodist Church, the Sunbeam Hunt Club in Franklin, and a 64 year member of Churchland Masonic Lodge #276.Survivors include two daughters, Evelyn F. Thomas and husband Robert of Chesapeake, and Betty J. Morgan and husband Steve of Las Vegas, NV; one son, Floyd L. Forrest, Jr. and wife Sallie of Suffolk; one sister, Hazel T. Thompson of Portsmouth; four grandchildren, Krista D. Forrest and husband Darren M. Denny of Kearney, NE, Stacey L. Forrest of Suffolk, Brian C. Thomas of Chesapeake, and Kathryn Thomas Shoemaker and husband Adam of Richmond; and five great-grandchildren, Jessica F. Walker, Elisabeth F. Walker, Emily A. Forrest, Ainsley Virginia Shoemaker and Holden Scott Shoemaker. He will be greatly missed by his family and all the friends whose lives he deeply touched. The family wishes to thank the nurses and staff of Bon Secours Maryview Nursing Center and Bon Secours Hospice nurses for their loving care and compassion.A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 17, at 11 AM in Sturtevant Funeral Home, Bennetts Creek Chapel by Pastor L. Wayne Carter. Entombment will be in Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Monday from 7-8:30 PM. Contributions may be made to Centenary UMC.