Friends,
It is with a heavy heart that I announce that Eric Forrest (@forrest5000) finally lost his long fight against cancer. He passed peacefully yesterday morning after a short stay in a Hospice facility.
RIP Eric S. Forrest
06-30-1970 to 01-02-2025
Eric was a friend to anybody around him. His two grandsons, his longtime girlfriend, ONSC, and Upstate Cruisers were the driving forces in his life; he put all of his energy into anything involving those groups of people. It was rare for Eric to miss any meeting or event involving his Land Cruiser friends but when it happened it was only because of his devotion to the kids and Cindy. He might have kept his two worlds physically separate but anybody he spoke to in our world the last six years heard their fair share about those folks, and they've told me how they heard their fair share about us! His only sibling, his older sister, says his Land Cruiser friends meant the world to him and that he was happiest when he was with us or planning for a LC event. If you ever called Eric about doing anything at all you'll remember that he probably was all in: Lunch 30 miles away - yep. Daytime run to Uwharrie on a Tuesday - yep. Help out with a Mudship along 85 or 77 - yep. Come help working on your truck - yep...but don't expect any actual help!
With absolutely NO disrespect intended from me here, Eric miiiight have had a bit of a curmudgeonly side to him (he would admit that) but it didn't take long after meeting him to learn that his complaining was just a way of venting and that grudges were not something he held many of. In fact, that side of him has led to some great stories!
Since Eric was always involved in our activities over his 13 years with the club, so many of us have so many stories. Please feel free to post yours and include pictures when possible. I haven't had time to dig through my pic archive so please accept my apology for not including any in this post.
***EDIT: Corrected birthdate year.
It is with a heavy heart that I announce that Eric Forrest (@forrest5000) finally lost his long fight against cancer. He passed peacefully yesterday morning after a short stay in a Hospice facility.
RIP Eric S. Forrest
06-30-1970 to 01-02-2025
Eric was a friend to anybody around him. His two grandsons, his longtime girlfriend, ONSC, and Upstate Cruisers were the driving forces in his life; he put all of his energy into anything involving those groups of people. It was rare for Eric to miss any meeting or event involving his Land Cruiser friends but when it happened it was only because of his devotion to the kids and Cindy. He might have kept his two worlds physically separate but anybody he spoke to in our world the last six years heard their fair share about those folks, and they've told me how they heard their fair share about us! His only sibling, his older sister, says his Land Cruiser friends meant the world to him and that he was happiest when he was with us or planning for a LC event. If you ever called Eric about doing anything at all you'll remember that he probably was all in: Lunch 30 miles away - yep. Daytime run to Uwharrie on a Tuesday - yep. Help out with a Mudship along 85 or 77 - yep. Come help working on your truck - yep...but don't expect any actual help!
With absolutely NO disrespect intended from me here, Eric miiiight have had a bit of a curmudgeonly side to him (he would admit that) but it didn't take long after meeting him to learn that his complaining was just a way of venting and that grudges were not something he held many of. In fact, that side of him has led to some great stories!
Since Eric was always involved in our activities over his 13 years with the club, so many of us have so many stories. Please feel free to post yours and include pictures when possible. I haven't had time to dig through my pic archive so please accept my apology for not including any in this post.
***EDIT: Corrected birthdate year.
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and bought a surf rig. I tried teaching him how to cast for 20 minutes but he never got past the stage where he looked like Lamar's "limp wristed javelin throwing style" from Revenge of the Nerds! I think this was 2017.
