Lester Gilbert Forrister

1918 - 1999  (80 years)

• Name	Lester Gilbert Forrister  [1, 2]
  Birth	12 Jun 1918	Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Military	Between 1941 and 1945  [3]
  	World War II
  Military Service	17 Apr 1941	Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, USA
  	Fort Jackson
  Burial	1999	Murphy, Cherokee, North Carolina, USA   [1]
  Death	5 Feb 1999	Murphy, Cherokee, North Carolina, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I23420	MontyHistNotes_2014 | JMMM_son David Montgomery
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Christopher Columbus Cleveland Marion Forrister,   b. 2 Oct 1884, Culberson, Cherokee, North Carolina, USA d. 26 Jan 1988, Murphy, Cherokee, North Carolina, USA (Age 103 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Iowa Vashti Montgomery,   b. 18 Jan 1893, Culberson, Cherokee, North Carolina, USA d. 9 Aug 1928, Murphy, Cherokee, North Carolina, USA (Age 35 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1913	Murphy, Cherokee, North Carolina, USA
  Family ID	F4002	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Wilma Wallace
  Family ID	F4015	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 12 Jun 1918 - Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA Military Service - Fort Jackson - 17 Apr 1941 - Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, USA Burial - 1999 - Murphy, Cherokee, North Carolina, USA Death - 5 Feb 1999 - Murphy, Cherokee, North Carolina, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S1752] Ancestry.com, Web: North Carolina, Find A Grave Index, 1729-2011, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2012;;), Database online. Record for Lester G. Forrister [S3148] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Birth Indexes, 1800-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Database online. Record for Forrister [S238] World War II.