Chelsea Renee Chastain, 26, of Birchwood, TN, passed away Friday, September 5, 2014 in a Knoxville hospital.
She was of the Baptist faith. She loved to travel, snowboard, and do mission work in Haiti. She studied abroad in Spain and Europe and loved life to its fullest.
She was preceded in death by her father, Steve Chastain in 2005.
She is survived by her mother, Karen Chastain Dowdy and step-father, David Dowdy of Birchwood; two brothers, Dustin Chastain and Jeremy Chastain and wife, Missy all of Cleveland; one step- brother, Britt Dowdy and wife, Kim of Fountain City, CA; one sister, Paige Albright and husband, Carl of Mountain Brook, AL; grandparents, Max and Helen Ledford and Hettie Chastain all of Cleveland; and several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.
A funeral service will be conducted at 4 p.m. Sunday, September 7, at First Baptist Church with Reverend Steve Best officiating. Interment will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, September 8, at Sunset Memorial Gardens with Jeremy Chastain, Dustin Chastain, Kyle Carter, Chad Fromm, Robert Dotson, and Cory Randolph serving as pallbearers. A white dove release ceremony will conclude the service.
The family will receive friends from 1-4 p.m. Sunday, September 7 at the church prior to the service.
In lieu of flowers please send your donations to Ovarian Cancer Research Fund or the Alpha Chi Omega Sorority of the University of Knoxville, Tennessee.
Ralph Buckner Funeral Home and Crematory is in charge of the arrangements.