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Oscar Nelson Chastain Jr.

1946 - 2025

BORN

1946

DIED

2025

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Lancaster Funeral Home & Cremation Service

709 North White Street

Lancaster, South Carolina

Oscar Chastain Obituary

LANCASTER, S.C. - Mr. Oscar Nelson Chastain Jr., 79, passed away Monday, Sept. 29, 2025.
Born June 29, 1946, son of the late Oscar Chastain Sr. and Rebecca Chastain.
Survivors are his wife, Phyllis M. Chastain; two daughters, Deah Stogner (Brian), and Christina Chastain; five grandchildren, Douglas, Matthew, Jennifer, Faith, and Luna.
He is preceded in death by a son, Oscar Nelson Chastain III; three brothers, Jake Chastain, Walter Boone "Boonie" Chastain, and Robert Boone Chastain; four sisters, Leander Hudson, Janie Lucille Chastain, Minnie Lee Brooks, and Elizabeth "Libby" Edwards.
Lancaster Funeral Home & Cremation Service is serving the family of Mr. Chastain.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The Lancaster News from Sep. 29 to Oct. 6, 2025.

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Kathy Hayes

September 29, 2025

Praying for your peace and comfort during this trying time, Phyllis and family. Robin and I send you love. Oscar was a very special man!

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