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James Oliver Chastain
20 Jun 1927 – 21 Apr 2014
| Birth | 20 Jun 1927 |
| Death | 21 Apr 2014 |
| Cemetery | Oakwood Cemetery Statesville , Iredell County , North Carolina , USA |
| Added by | Richard Stewart on 26 Aug 2018 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144792428 |
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Mr. James Oliver Chastain, 86, of Statesville, died April 21, 2014 at Mapleleaf Health Care Center. Born in Marshall, Texas on June 20, 1927, he was a son of the late Charles Lewis Chastain and Viola C. Fowler Chastain. He attended Marshall City Schools and entered the Army at Fort Bliss, Texas. He took training in Field Artillery and Anti-Aircraft at El Paso, Texas. He served in Italy in the Occupation Special Guard Unit for eighteen months. While there he ran and won the mile and half-mile race for his "C" Battery 88th Division. Upon retiring to the U. S. he joined the 82nd Airborne training in jump and glider at Ft. Benning, Ga. He was discharged from Ft Bragg, N.C. in December of 1948. He was a member of Western Ave. Baptist Church and the Lowry-Norris Sunday School Class and he enjoyed the Young At Heart Seniors Group while he was able to attend. He married the former Bette Burns in Charlotte on July 17, 1948. He worked for Fredrickson Motor Express having served for 33 1/2 years. He worked in several areas retiring from the sales department in 1984. Survivors in addition to his wife are a daughter and a son, three grandchildren, two great grand daughters, along with several nieces and a nephew of Texas. Graveside services are scheduled for 10:00 A.M. Thursday at Oakwood Cemetery with Rev. Jeff Spry officiating. The family will speak with friends at the cemetery following the service. www.bunchjohnsonfuneralhome.com Bunch-Johnson Funeral Home is entrusted with the arrangements. CHASTAIN, JAMES OLIVER RCT US ARMY WORLD WAR II DATE OF BIRTH: 06/20/1927 DATE OF DEATH: 04/21/2014 BURIED AT: OAKWOOD CEMETERY STATESVILLE, NC 28677 (704) 878-3428 Nationwide Gravesite Locator U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs James Oliver Chastain Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VH86-Y5Z
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RCT US ARMY WORLD WAR II
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- Charles Galen Chastain 1925–1984
- Mary Margaret Chastain Dixon 1933–2005
- June Alice Chastain Rogers 1935–1994
- Grover Earl "Butch" Chastain 1945–1990
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