Chester Phelps

On the morning of September 20, 2021, Chester passed peacefully away at home surrounded by his family. Graveside services will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, October 1, at Rosemound Cemetery, 3201 S. 12th Street, Waco. Visitation will be from 6 – 8:00 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 30, at Pecan Grove Funeral Home, 3124 Robinson Drive, Waco.

Chester was born November 23, 1960, to Helen Marie Gilmore (Johnson) and Alvin Willie Phelps at 6 and a half months and showed all he was a fighter. He had a love for fishing, race cars, barbequing and tinkering with anything mechanical from trucks to lawnmowers and anything in between. Until his lung collapsed, he was a volunteer fire fighter for Lacy Lakeview. Chester was a very loving and big-hearted person who enjoyed life to its fullest. His children/grandchildren were his pride and joy.

Chester was preceded in death by his mother, Marie Johnson, his father, Alvin Phelps, his stepfather, Nolan Johnson, 2 sisters, Kathy Callahan and Pat Davis, a brother, George Phelps, a brother-in-law, Butch Davidson, 2 nieces, Jeannie Phelps and Janice Eury and a nephew, John Patrick Davidson.

He is survived by his wife of 18 years, Jo Ann (Sutton) Phelps, a daughter, Alisha Simpson and son-in-law, Ronald Simpson, 3 granddaughters/daughters, Amanda, Elizabeth, and Patricia Phelps, a sister Betty Ann Davidson, a brother, Wayne Phelps, an honorary granddaughter, Angel Tharpe and many other extended family members and friends.

Honorary pallbearers: Ronald Simpson, Tim Conners, James Sutton, John Moncrief, Steve Gomez, and David Underwood.