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Nurturing James City pillar Chelsie Forbes remembered
Chelsie Forbes, 88, longtime James City resident, caregiver, and active volunteer, shaped the community through the James City Organization since the 1960s, the James City Historical Society, and Pilgrim Chapel Missionary Baptist Church. She helped create a slave quarters tour, organized senior banquets, and supported local fundraisers while raising nine children and 20 grandchildren. Her late husband, married 68 years, died May 9 after nursing him through vascular dementia and Alzheimer's.
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