Dean Jeffery

Forgerson

Dean Jeffery Forgerson 76, of Sweetwater passed away Tuesday, Oc tober 27, 2020 at Rolling Plains Memorial H ospital.

Graveside services will be held 1:00 P.M. Sa turday, Oc tober 31, 2020 at Garden of Memories. Military graveside rites will be performed by the U.S. Navy Honor Guard. Interment will follow under the direction of McCoy Funeral Home. A visitation will be held 6 to 8 P.M. on Friday, Oc tober 30, 2020 at the funeral home.

Dean was born August 25, 1944 in Roscoe, TX to the late Clarence Jefferson and Mamie Ruth (Petty) Forg erson. He graduated Newman High School in Sweetwater in 1963. He married Geraldine Weatherford on May 18, 1977 in Freeport, TX. Dean was a veter an of the U.S. Navy where he ser ved fr om 1964 to 1967 as a Fire Co ntrol Technician aboard the USS Dewey ( DLG-14 ) durin g the Viet nam Era. Dean loved woodworking in his spare time as well as riding around on his lawnmower cutting grass and doing yard work.

Dean is survived by his wife Geraldine Forgerson of Sweetwater; stepson Charles David Dumas of Sweetwater; stepdaughter Vickie Chehovits and husband Kerry of Richwood, TX; four grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; niece C indy C ox and husband Terry of Cedar Park, TX; nephew Van Holbrook and wife Jennifer of Bedford, TX; cou sins P at and Rex Walker of Abilene, TX. and Wilf ord Petty and wife Dorothy of Roscoe, TX.

He was preceded in death by his parents, sister Nancy Lea Holbrook and step son William Crai g Dumas.