Joan (Chastain) Cole

Joan (Chastain) Cole was born on 2 June 1955 to Wm Barnett and Dora

Mae Chastain. She passed from this life on 24 March 2023. 

She was the youngest of ten children. She was raised in the Sautee-

Nachoochee Valley near Helen, GA and graduated from White

County High School in 1975. Those are the basic facts of her life… but

what follows is how the dash in between was lived.

She was a vivacious, sensitive, fun-loving person. She had a deep

abiding faith in God and it showed in everything throughout her life.

She was the loving wife of Clay, her husband, for almost 47 years.

Together, they pursued a military career and they did all of the things

that military families do throughout a career. Joan was the bedrock of

the family and was constantly engaged in all the things that the distaff

did to support their Army spouses. She worked at the Thrift Shops,

worked special event fund raisers, chaired committees, worked at the

on post schools and did whatever behind the scene work that was

required to support “the Army”. She loved the work, never complained

and was always there to lend a hand. She had a servant’s heart and it

showed in everything she did.

Her greatest loves were her husband, Clay, and her two daughters,

Carrie and Lindsay. She devoted every waking moment to their

wellbeing, often sacrificing what she wanted in favor of her family.

She was the consummate room mother and teachers clamored for her

support. She was undoubtedly the best baker that ever sprinkled flour

into a baking pan and she constantly showered her friends and family

with baked goods.

After the Army and later in life, there came the two son-in-laws, Jason

and Luke. She loved them both dearly, as they were the sons she

never had. Soon, there was another great love, her granddaughter,

Sarah. Just as with her girls, Joan, the room mother swung into action

and she took up being a fantastic grandmother until the end of her

days. 

She loved her girls and loved to do things with them and especially

loved to shop. She could shop all day, touch every item in every store

in town and not buy a single thing.. and be perfectly happy!

She never met a stranger. She loved her husband with a fervor that

few men will ever know. She was a born again Child of God and made

sure that everyone knew it. She is gone from us now, but she is in God’s Holy Presence and

rejoicing in heaven. Her illnesses are gone and she is no longer in

pain. She has a new and glorious body and walks the streets of gold.

We love her, we miss her terribly, and know that we shall see her

again in God’s good time.

In addition to her parents, Joan was preceded in death by her sisters, Brenda Chastain, Emily Bloodworth, Bethenia Bacon, Sarah Brooks; brothers, Howard Chastain, James Chastain, & Arthur Chastain.

Joan was also survived by her sister, Jewell Brookshire; brother, Coleman Chastain; many nieces, nephews, extended relatives, & friends.

Services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Thursday, 30 March 2023 at

Ramsey Funeral Home, Georgetown, TX with interment to follow at

Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen, TX.

An online guest registry is available for the Chastain & Cole families at www.HillsideMemorialChapel.com

This announcement is courtesy of Hillside Memorial Chapel & Gardens of Clarkesville, Georgia. (706) 754-6256