Gene Forrest

Gene Autry Forrest, 85, of Hornbeak passed away on Thursday, March 23, 2023, at West Tennessee Healthcare Dyersburg Hospital.
He was born on Sept. 23, 1937, in Owl Hoot to the late William Buford Forrest and the late Lillian Estell Johnson Forrest. Gene was a member of Hornbeak Baptist Church and was a lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion Post 174. He proudly served our country in the United States Air Force as a Staff Sergeant.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 8, 2023, in the Ridgely Chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home, with Robert Johnson, Austin Norton and Rick Knoll officiating. Burial will be in New Haven Cemetery.
The family will receive visitors from noon-1 p.m. Saturday, April 8, 2023, at the funeral home.
Survivors include his son, David Eugene Stern of Spokane, Wash.; two daughters, Virginia Lynn Daniels of Dyersburg and Melissa Robin Borders of Valley, Ala.; and several grandchildren.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Patsy Ruth Forrest; two sons, William Harold Gunter and Robert Lynn Stern; five brothers, W.C. Forrest, Russell Forrest, Bobby Forrest, Roger Forrest and William Forrest; and two sisters, Peggy Joyce Forrest and Ruby Ann McKenney.
Memorials may be directed to Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758516, Topeka, KS 66675-8516 or at support.woundedwarriorproject.org.

Published in The Messenger 4.5.23