Julia Elizabeth Caldwell Forrest

Mrs. Julia Elizabeth Caldwell Forrest, 89, of Saluda, died Monday, Jan. 19, 2009.
Funeral services were held Thursday, Jan. 22, at 2 p.m. at Deans Chapel Pentecostal Church, Hollywood School Road, Saluda. Burial was at Bethany United Methodist Church, Bethany Church Road, Saluda.
Mrs. Forrest was an avid gardener, a floral designer and a lifelong member of Deans Chapel Church .She worked for many years with Saluda Shirt Company and retired after 27 years from the Flower and Gift in Saluda.
Survivors include her four children, Patsy Matthews (Terry), North Augusta, Terry Forrest (Miriam), Apple Valley, Minn., Von Forrest, Saluda, and Gebie Forrest, Augusta, Ga.; grandchildren, Denise Johnson (Monte), Dana Cook (Greg), Brian Forrest (Amanda), and Brandon Matthews (Sandra); great-grandchildren, Clayton and Beth Ellen Johnson and Sarah Phoebe and John Clark Cook; siblings, Hubert Caldwell and Willard Bickley, Newberry, Ozie Krell, Prosperity, Sudie Berry and Ted Caldwell (Gloria), Saluda, Heyward (Mae), Boise, Idaho, and Joyce Harling, Edgefield.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Hobson and Phoebe Perry Caldwell; her husband of over 58 years, George W. Forrest; two daughters, Kay Forrest Palmer and Sandra Dale Forrest; and a great-grandson, Forrest Johnson.
Memorial may be made to Bethany UMC Cemetery Fund, c/o Clara Riley, 242 Bethany Road, Saluda, SC 29138.
Ramey Funeral Home, Saluda, was in charge of arrangements.