Extracted from The Meridian Star (Meridian, MS)
Thursday, July 8, 2004

Charles Andrew Chester

Cable technician

Graveside services for Charles Andrew Chester will be held today at 3 p.m. at Forest Lawn Cemetery with the Revs. Dr. Raymon Leake and Greg Proctor officiating. Barham Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Chester, 48, of Jackson, died Wednesday, July 7, 2004, at St. Dominic's Hospital in Jackson. He was an avid golfer who enjoyed playing with his son and friends.

Survivors include his son, Drew Chester of Madison; his mother, Ethel Gwaltney of Meridian; sisters, Donna Puckett of Dallas and Lynda Anders and her husband, Wayne, of Meridian; step-brothers, Robert Gwaltney and his wife, Linda, of Peachtree City, Ga., the Rev. Gene Gwaltney and his wife, Judy, of Opelika, Ala. and Tommy Gwaltney and his wife, Marty, of St. Petersburg, Fla.; step-sisters, Joyce Sharb and her husband, Tom, of Woodville, Colo. and Marilyn Gwaltney of Buffalo, N.Y.; special friends, Joe White, Jean White and Merrell White, all of Meridian and Percy Bails and Geraldine Bails, both of Jackson and his former wife, Cindy Burnett Chester of Madison.

He was preceded in death by his father, Charles Clark Chester and his step-father, Fred Gwaltney.

Pallbearers will be David Prather, Kelly Switzer, Michael Gray, Tony Winstead and Joe White. Honorary pallbearers will be Merrell White, Kevin Anders, Chris Puckett and Tim Puckett.

Visitation will be today 1:30 p.m.-3 p.m. at the funeral home.