Forrest H. McCauley

Forrest Hill McCauley, 76, passed away on Friday, November 6, 2026, at his residence in Waynesboro.

He was born on December 24, 1949, in Buckhannon, West Virginia, a son of the late Floyd Lincoln, Jr. and Wilma Hester Post McCauley.

Forrest started driving a truck at sixteen and stayed on the road until just two years before his death. He was the hardest-working man many people ever knew and the example he set was a hard one to follow.

Forrest was a hillbilly through and through, in all the best and funniest ways. For all the hours he put in behind the wheel, he always knew how to cut loose and have a good time. He never met a stranger and had a way of getting people laughing. He took a genuine interest in people and wanted the best for them.

Forrest and his brothers were rough around the edges, but their families knew how much love was underneath. The McCauley brothers lived hard, worked harder, and did whatever it took to provide for the people they loved. Forrest put his family first and took pride in each of them, immediate and extended, for who they were and what they did. In raising his children, he showed them by example what it meant to work hard, carry your share, and take care of your family. As his family would put it, “He didn’t raise boys. He raised men.”

He is survived by his loving wife, Diane Marie Pickel McCauley; his sons, Allan Michael Lewis McCauley, Jeffrey McCauley and his wife, Nadia, and Roger McCauley; his daughters, Christina Marie McCauley Smiley and Deana Lynnette McCauley; his grandchildren, Bianca, Wyatt, Angeline, Irik, Kyde, Brooke, Aiden, Jordan, Sevalas, Xavier, Zoey, and Ayla; his great-grandson, Abram; his brothers, Hayward Roosevelt McCauley and Morris Odell McCauley and his wife, Donna; his sister, Sharon McCauley Eyes; and forty-four nieces and nephews.

In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his brothers, Orris Melvin, Roger, Allen Cole, Abram Floyd, and Elbert Eugene McCauley, and his sisters, Eleanor Ann McCauley Losh, Martha Alice McCauley Thurner, and Patricia "Patti" Rose McCauley Corley.