Bobby Gene Chasteen (1934 - 2003)

Born 9 Mar 1934 in Tarrant, Tarrant, Texas, United States

Ancestors

Son of John Chasteen and Beulah Victoria (Farmer) Chasteen

Husband of Doris LyVonne (Ledbetter) Chesser — married 9 Jan 1954 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States

Husband of Katherine Louise Blankenship — married 3 Jun 1966 (to 1 Apr 1971) in Dallas, Texas, United States

Husband of Mary Elizabeth (Ogle) Meyer — married 20 Apr 1987 (to 2 Nov 1993) in Johnson, Texas, United States

Descendants

Died 22 Feb 2003 at age 68 in Hamilton, Texas, United States

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Biography

Bobby Gene Chasteen was born on March 9, 1934 in Tarrant, Tarrant, Texas, United States, son of John Chasteen (1881–1957) and Beulah Victoria Farmer (~1894–~1938).

Bob's mother died when he was only 3 years old. His father remairried to Daisy Hight Chasteen who raised all the children with their father from that point forward. Bob was the youngest of 12 children. He retired from General Motors Corporation in Tarrant, County Texas.

Bob (19) married Doris LyVonne Ledbetter (16) (born on October 20, 1937 in Tarrant; daughter of William Badgett Ledbetter and Myrtle Connie (Myers) Wade) on January 9, 1954 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas. Their children were:

• Bobby Chasteen
• Stephen Barton Chasteen (1956–2011)
• Christopher Curtis Chasteen (1960–2019)

Bob (32) married Katherine Louise Blankenship (31) (born on October 20, 1934 in Dallas) on June 3, 1966 in Dallas.

Bob married Mary Elizabeth Ogle in .... they resided in Hico, Texas. After their divorce Bob moved across town and lived with his brother Edward Earl Chasteen. On February 22, 2003 Bob and Earl's girlfriend traveled into the town of Hamilton to run some errands. Heading South on U.S. Hwy 281, just outside of Hamilton a Pickup truck hauling a stock trailer was traveling North bound. The stocktrailer connected to the pickup had a blow-out and the driver of the pickup lost control veering over into the North bound lanes and struck the vehicle Bob was the passenger in head-on. Bob was killed instantly.

Bob died on February 22, 2003 in Hamilton, Texas, aged 68.

Sources

• Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997. Texas: Texas Department of State Health Services. Microfiche. Search: #69 of #174. Accessed on ancestry.com, January 2024.
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 12 January 2024, 03:39), entry for Bobby Gene Chasteen (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L5RQ-GFT ); contributed by various users.

DNA Confirmation

• Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal GEDmatch comparison between Connie (Chasteen) Pullen , GEDmatch kit # LV7823567, and L.M., GEDmatch kit # X.......4, (compare kits), her 2nd cousin Their most-recent common ancestors are John Chasteen and Beulah Farmer, the great grandparents of both Connie (Chasteen) Pullen and L.M. Predicted relationship from GEDmatch: 2C, based on sharing 262 cM across 12 segments.
• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Connie (Chasteen) Pullen and C.H., her half 2nd cousin 1x removed. Their most-recent common ancestor is Susan Farmer, the great great grandmother of Connie (Chasteen) Pullen and great grandmother of C.H. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: Paternal 2-3 Cousin, based on sharing 155 cM across 7 segments. DNA test taker Connie (Chasteen) Pullen is the granddaughter of Bobby Chasteen, the son of Beulah Farmer, the daughter of the common ancestor Susan Farmer.