Celebrating the life of
Lamar Chestnut
February 19, 1934 - December 26, 2024
Lamar Chestnut, 90, of Savannah, passed away Thursday, December 26, 2024.
Lamar was born February 19, 1934, in Columbus, Georgia, to Lewis Q Chestnut, Sr., and Myrtice Chestnut. He grew up in Columbus and graduated from Jordan Vocational High School. He served his country in the United States Army and enjoyed telling stories of the places he’d seen. After his stint in the army, he worked for Southern Bell phone company and transferred to Savannah where he met his wife, Frances. He started as a lineman and, after 33 years with the company, retired as an IMC manager in 1991. Lamar was a member of St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, Lewis and Myrtice Chestnut, wife of 52 years, Frances Blanton Chestnut, son, Layton “Eddie” Smith, siblings Lewis Chestnut Jr., Harold Chestnut, and Martha Hand, and granddaughter, Tara Clark.
Lamar is survived by his daughter, Sherry Clark, siblings Daphne Faulkner(George), Rosemary Ely(Jim), and Paul Chestnut(Ollita), 8 grandchildren, 20 great grandchildren, and 7 great great grandchildren.
The family will receive friends Thursday, January 2, 2025, at 11:30 am at Fox and Weeks Funeral Home on Hodgson Memorial Dr., with service and interment to follow at 1:30 pm in the Greenwich section of Bonaventure Cemetery.
I am so sorry for your loss. Lamar was a great man. My mother often talks of how wonderful he was to take in our grandmother. I enjoyed coming to visit him and Frances.
- Melinda Faulkner Smith, Daughter of Daphne Chestnut Faulkner, Dahlonega, Ga
I will always remember Lamar as my first foreman when I started working for Southern Bell in 1965. Sorry for your loss.
- Charlie Brewton, Claxton, GA
Services under the direction of:
Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Hodgson Chapel
912-352-7200
- Visitation
- 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 a.m. on Thu, January 02, 2025
- Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Hodgson Chapel
-
7200 Hodgson Memorial Drive (map)
Savannah GA 31406 - 912-352-7200
- Graveside Service
- 1:30 p.m. on Thu, January 02, 2025
- Greenwich Cemetery
-
330 Greenwich Road (map)
Savannah GA 31404 - 912-651-6843
