Obit – Mr. Gerald Chastain

Mr. Gerald Chastain age of 69 of the Hogans Creek Community departed this life at the Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital in Lebanon on Sunday September 27, 2026.

Graveside services and interment were held Wednesday, September 30, 2026, at 2 p.m. from the Conatser Cemetery on Berea Church Road with Kevin White officiating.

He was born Gerald Curtis Chastain in Lebanon on May 18, 1957 and was the son of the late United States Air Force Veteran, Fred Albein Chastain Jr., who died July 7, 2014 at the age of 80 and Dorothy Jean Bennett Chastain Rittenbury who died January 30, 2007 at the age of 69.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Albein Lee Chastain who died at the age of 36 on February 18, 1992.

Gerald attended Lebanon High School and was a member of Berea Church of Christ. 

He proudly served his country honorably in the U.S. Navy. 

He was employed at Toshiba America in Lebanon for a number of years before being one of the first hired employees of the Nissan Plant in Smyrna. Before retiring from Nissan, he worked in paint quality control.

Survivors include his wife of fifty-one years, Pam Bates Chastain; three sons: Jason Curtis Chastain, Brandon Allen Chastain and wife Teri, Jarad Cody Chastain and wife Jaclyn; granddaughter, Ella Grace Chastain; sister, Kimberly Tayse (Craig Cook); brother, Fred Chastain and wife Jennifer, Keith Zachary and wife Kari; three sisters-in-law, Pat Foster, Carmen Williams, Faye Williams and husband David.

LIGON & BOBO of LEBNON