Jr. Forrest Harper
, Georgia
Forrest was born on March 3 1948 in Raleigh North Carolina to the late Forrest Carter Harper Sr. and Martha Pierce Harper. He spent his early years in Jesup and later graduated from High School in Rome Georgia. It was hard to know Forrest and not be crazy about him. He had a warm inviting and magnetic personality which made him a natural salesman. Forrest could sell just about anything and he did throughout his career selling everything from tools to long leaf pine needles. He was always well dressed and was well known for his gentle manner and great sense of humor. Forrest was a wealth of knowledge. His creativity and ability to form strong relationships with other people enabled him to gain wisdom in nontraditional ways that served him well throughout his life. Forrest never met a stranger and was a most interesting conversationalist as he had so…