Jerry Bruce Forrest

Jerry Bruce Forrest, 69, of 755 Brevard Road, Asheville, died Monday, February 7, 2005, at his home. Mr. Forrest was born in Travelers Rest, SC and was a son of the late John Forrest and Edna McCall Forrest Scoggins. He was also preceded in death by his step-father Paul Scoggins and his sister Joyce Forrest McCall. He was a graduate of Sand Hill High School and attended Biltmore College. He served in the US Air Force for 22 years before retiring in 1977 as a Master Sergeant. He then worked with Lockheed and Beechcraft Aerospace for several years before joining the Special Avionics Department of the FAA in Memphis, TN, where he worked as a crash site investigator. He is survived by his son and caregiver, Michael Forrest of Asheville, with whom Mr. Forrest made his home; one daughter Kimberly Stecker of Hot Springs, Ark.; his former wife and mother of his children, Louise Forrest; one niece, Lissa McGlamery and her husband Jim; one great-niece Christy and several cousins. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Thursday in the Patton Avenue chapel of Groce Funeral Home with the Rev. Tommy Bridges officiating. Military honors will be provided by the Asheville High School Marine Corps JROTC at Pisgah View Memorial Park with Charles Hartsell, Wayne McCall, Billy Ray Cogburn, Herschel Cogburn, Pete Fayssoux and Ricky Robbins serving as pallbearers and Carlie Rogers, Gerald Whitt, Jim McGlamery and Billy Osen serving as honorary pallbearers. His family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to the service. Flowers will be accepted and appreciated or memorials may be made to Mountain Area Hospice, PO Box 25338, Asheville, NC 28813.