Ethel Chastain
My husband, Cecil Chastain, and Bobby were 1st cousins and grew up together. Bobby's Mom, Hazel, was one of the best loved moms in the neighborhood. She was good natured, a good listener, always had something good to eat at her house and hauled the kids swimming in the Hillsborough River. Bobby was like his Mom, good natured,loveable, and helpful. Cecil has told many a tale about the two of them. Unfortunately, as men grow up, their lives go in different directions and the two of them did not see each other as often as they would have liked. Bob played "Santa" for our school for several years, before he had to give it up. He was wonderful with the children. He seemed to have a special sense to say just the right thing to each child, never got in a hurry, saying it "takes as long as it takes" I will miss just knowing he was around. God Bless his family to help heal the hole in their lives. Ethel Chastain