Courtney Torrell Forbes

I will always Remember you and that contagious smile. The memories of hanging out at my dad house 7 years ago and our Hitachi's Days. You always made me laugh about any silly thing you said. Rest Easy Buddy

Love, April Oliver

My Love Letter to you...

I will always remember the way you made me laugh and the fun times we spent together... Where it was cooking or talking about how we would spend our couple of forevers...

Your time here was short but I knew I loved you..when you stepped in and became a constant for the boys...they respected you, they loved you, they honored you ...

Your smile could light up the darkest places in the world and your kind heart could make anger wipe away the harsh sand around a new shiny pearl

I will always thank God for thinking enough of me...that He decided to share a piece of you, a piece of your heart ...even though we are now apart... He needed you more than us but your love will always be around us and always comfort us...I love you Courtney, always and forever.....

Your Love , Christina

You all are in our prayers, and will remain there, as you continue to deal with, and adjust to, the sudden lost of such a beautiful soul. Courtney will truly, and forever, be missed! Love always!

Kelli, Kim, and Mama Diva.

On the behalf of Williams Family (Anthony, Loretta, Terry, Laniya and myself Antonio) we send condolences to the Family as we mourn the going home of our beloved nephew and cousin. Your positive spirit and love will surely be missed. May you Rest in Peace Courtney, you will forever live on through us all!!

Man this is still sooo surreal. Courtney was like a big brother and father to me. There was NOTHING under the sun that we wouldn't do for each other. The love I have for my cousin is so unheard of, our hearts beat the same drum. I've never in my life loved or trusted ANYONE the way I love and trust Courtney! Every time he saw me hurt he would say cuz put it on me I will hurt for you I can't stand to see you unhappy. I remember when Courtney got his first truck and I was 16, he was getting his Yak on and tried to drive me home in the truck and I said no cuz you got too much going on to get caught up like this so I drove and when we got to the house he said damn cuz you can drive trucks at 16 and I smiled and said yeah cuz I'm gonna be just like you and typical Courtney response nah cuz don't be like me be better than me, tighten up doggy. Now, what he showed me to doing I'm doing for a living. First person in this world other than my wife that I've ever opened up to or let get close to me. I can go on forever about this man but I know if he saw me hurt or crying he would say get your thumb out your butt and tighten up. So I'm going to tighten up for you cuz but know I will never be the same without you, more than a half of me is gone!

-Gerald Gilbert AKA YAK 2.0 lol

I send my deepest condolences to you Qiana and Ms.Wanda and the rest of the family at this time of need. I'm praying God gives all of y'all the strength to get thru. I'm always here for y'all if you need me prayers going up 🙏🏾

QIANA AND I HAVE BEEN TOGETHER OVER 11 YEARS, SO IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYTIME SHE PROBALY SAW YOU, I SAW YOU! ALOT OF THAT'S BCZ SHE HATES DRIVING. LoL BUT JUST SAYING THAT TO SAY, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER AND HAD A LOTTT OF TALKS & CONVERSATIONS, ABOUT LIFE, THE WORLD, THE FUTURE, HEALTH, WEALTH, AND OF COURSE, OUR BABY GIRLS-CZ WE ALWAYS SAID, THE LORD BLESSED US WITH ALL THESE GIRLS FOR A REASON**ONLY MY CUTE DUDES WITH ALOT OF GIRLS KNOW WHAT I'M TALKIN ABOUT! LoL BUT IT ALWAYS ENDED UP IN ME TELLING YOU, I'M GONNA ALLLLLLWAYS TAKE CARE OF KE, KALIN, KAVON AND MAKE SURE THAT I ALWAYS PROTECT HER!

AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU, ABOUT A MONTH B4 YOU GOT YOUR WINGS, WE WERE TRADING LEBRONS & JORDANS SHOES (I WAS TAKING KE TO A WEDDING IN OHIO, AND JUST WANTED TO BE FRESH LoL!) WE KNOW YOU/WE LOVE OUR SHOES! BUT WE HAD OUR USUAL TALK ABOUT MUSIC, (TI AND BUSTA RHYMES ALBUMS WHO HAD JUST DROPPED) LIFE, FAMILY, OUR DAUGHTERS, OH & FOOD, WHICH YOU LOVVVED. EVERYYYBODY KNEW BOUT THAT POTATO SALAD YOU MADE BRO! BUT BEST BELIEVE I MADE SURE I TOLD YOU, I WILL TAKE CARE OF YOUR SISTER!!

MOMS, B, ROD & THEM GIRLS ARE DEFINITELY ON THAT LIST TOO! MY PROMISE TO YOU....IS THAT I'M GONNA MAKE SURE I TAKE CARE OF ALLLLL OF THE ABOVE, AND ALWAYS CELEBRATE YOUR LEGACY!

YOU WILL NEVERRRRRRR BE FORGOTTEN, YOU'RE DEFINITELY IN OUR HEARTS, & WILL REMAIN WITH US FOREVER.

LOVE YOU BRO!! 🖤

To Barry, Wanda, & Family,

We are so terribly sorry for your loss. There are no words that can ease the pain of losing someone. Death is not something we were ever suppose to experience, Jehovah put eternity into our hearts and so it's difficult trying to soothe our pain. But the beautiful blessing is that Courtney is in Jehovah's memory. We all look forward to the time when we are reunited with him. In the meantime, keep his memory alive. We look forward to hearing great stories of your time together. We've only known each other a short while but it's feels like forever. We can't wait for our families to spend more time getting to know one another. Please know that we are here for you and your family. Proverbs 17:17 shows that true friends are there in times of distress. We love you ❤️.

Love Tonyā and Jessica Horne

Wanda, Qianna and family; May you find comfort in knowing that your son and brother's soul lie in the hands of the most loving, merciful kind, just, and only true God Jehovah. He will make you firm and he will make you strong. He will never forget, desert or give up on us. So in your time of great sorry keep your heads up and your hearts open to all the guaranteed promises that are so close to becoming a reality. My heart to is broken and in my sorrow I will keep you in prayer. Your friend and sis. Christine Muex

I met Courtney when he was twenty years old. The young man i met was very funny and loving. I will never forget the way he looked at his sister and the big hug he gave her. It with a heavy heart i write these words. My deepest sympathy goes out to the family and love ones. I will never forget him. - Rett

I don't even know where to begin. My heart is broken into a million pieces. I loved my Court like he was my son. The laughter the tears, the pain and joy that we shared will always remain forever in my heart. May Jehovah keep us strong as we await his assured promise, "HE will call", and Courtney WILL answer!(Job 14:14,15)

I don't even know where to start because I'm still in disbelief. We started off as temps and then got all of the crew got hired on Permanently at Hitachi. That smile of yours was contagious. Your voice spoke volume and when we had our meeting with HR; what we asked for was accomplished. My dad will miss you dearly. I will never ever forget our last conversation buddy. You are truly missed love.

- April Oliver

Man I still can't believe you left before me. I will see you again but not yet. I called you my friend but to be honest you meant more to me than that you were my brother and I am a better person because of you. I Love You and will miss you very much.💔🥺

Sending my condolences to the family praying for strength in this difficult time love you all Marie

To my family I love you and praying for you. My deepest sympathies.

Dequandra

Wanda, Qiana, and the rest of the family: I'm so sorry for your loss. I haven't seen Courtney in years and when I saw this picture and that smile it broke me. I remember that smile and his laugh from when we were young. It was such an infectious smile he had. I'm praying for all his family & friends to help cope with this loss.

Love you all Fam!!! -Taleah

I'm a miss you Courtney.Everyday I'm at work I look at the desk for you,but you ain't there it's a struggle everyday I will miss you..I love you you look like a brother to me and I'll never forget you. I'm going to do my best everyday I'm at work to follow in your footsteps and put in the work that you left here behind. I'm glad I met you. I'm also glad we became like family. Im going to miss the times we hung out after work every morning just to plan what we going to do when we ain't at work. It's just not going to be the same because I can't call you to let you know what's going on with me or to find out what's going on with you.. You going to be forever in my heart I'm never going to forget you.. I love you man/brother Love Tyrone Gober

My dearest most awesome loving caring spiritual gentle giant cousin / lil bro Courtney there are so many words that I can say about you as a great man but none of them would ever be enough to describe my love and respect for you. and noone can ever take the place of your wonderful presence in my life you were my heart and soul and I will always remember the conversation we had about the baptism just hours before you took your last breaths my heart is broken 💔 and will never be mended again until I see that gorgeous radiant smile again that would light up a roomand most definitely light up my heart I love you so much baby you would never be forgotten and until we meet again in the New order of things rest up my Love we praying for all of your girls and aunt Wanda uncle Rod and Qiana and all of us that love you.. our love will never die im happy you feel no pain any more but sad I won't hear your voice just for a little while love you always my big guy.....

Your cousin/sister Tess

My dad always did the best he could to make sure everyone around him was happy. With his bright infectious smile and his goofy sense of humor. I remember all the codes we used to make up for each other when I was young. Like how he has a tattoo that has my name but it's in Chinese, so I used to say,"Destine Chinese food" 😂. He has such a big heart and I love him for that. My dad loved all of his daughters no matter what's going on. Rest easy Dad I love you with all of my heart.

Love your oldest -Destine Forbes

Courtney I will never forget all the good times we shared. My best memory will be when me and Tyrone asked you to be the baby's godfather and watching your reaction let us knew we had made a good decision. We know you loved her and she loved you( she just had a funny way of showing it). We love you and will forever remember you through the memories we have of you. And we will make sure your "shugga bugga" remembers you as well. We love you forever and always. Love Ashontae Gober

Courtney was a very special young man, he made everyone feel loved! I still can't believe this, that such a great guy is no longer hear with us. Courtney had a smile that just made you smile with him even if you wasn't in a smiling mood. Courtney is definitely going to be missed by many! I will definitely miss him!

Barbara Boone

I must first give honor to God who is the head of my life Courtney my son my best friend My Mini-Me my buddy my main man first of all I was so proud of the man they turned out to be the relationship we developed the father he was he was always a joy we laughed all the time we have so much in common same movies same cologne and same Sports athletes we talk I like snored like 🤣🤣 I'm so proud about relationship this is going to be a very hard one I'll never get over losing my best friend I just think about the good times and how you would call me when he was going through something he was strong because he was a Forbes and Gilbert Courtney my son I'll see you in glory love you forever Dad

I've been on and off this site several times hesitant to leave a few words because no words can express the way I felt about my Courtney. We first met when Granny lived in the Regency Courtney was a newborn and I begged my Aunt Wanda to hold him. After telling me to sit way back on the couch she put him in my arms I just fell in love with him, then kissed him on his forehead every since then he's been my baby. The tears and hurt is uncontrollable the sting of death is just so unfair. Thanks to Jehovah's mercy and undeserved kindness he has promised to do away with such things (Rev 21:3,4). To my family that belongs to Courtney and I've never met I love and pray for you all every night. Hopefully we'll get a chance to meet one day soon

Love Cousin Lanny

if you know my dad, you know he stood out from EVERYBODY... He was always the spotlight of attention, the one of many jokes & laughter.. but also with that, it was many tears.. my dad was an emotional creature. I remember one time he sung "Did You Wrong" by Pleasure P. and cried because he missed my mama. He was my favorite person, In my opinion he was like a best friend, him being my dad was just a plus. I've always been a daddies girl.. I'm honestly just a reflection of him. Forever my love - his daughter, Courtney Forbes

Courtney had a great heart! He tried being the best person, father, husband, friend, son & brother he could be! He took pride in family (and the friends that were more like family) & will never be forgotten for his heart! "Yak" you rest and we'll keep you alive with all the memories you've left with us!

Tamika Forbes

I don't really know what to say or where to start. I just lost my sister is March and now my cousin this is all too much. My fat guy wow I'm just so devastated. I have so many cousins that I adore and love with all my heart but I just had a special connection with Court from the moment we were able to play together and it lasted until he was no longer here with us. My tears will never stop flowing from missing you I love you cousin/brother always and forever

This saddens me that yet we have lost another Wonderful person!! May God bless his family during this hard time Courtney was an amazing person that made everyone feel welcome one of my first friend in the ridge... may God give us the strength. Love Tashia

Sending my prayers to the family of my dear friend. Dear God grant thrm stregnth peace love and comfort during this difficult and devastating time. Courtney I'll cherish and carry the memories of you forever. Rest well my friend and watch over your family

Sending my love and prayers for you Cousin Wanda, Qiana and the rest of the family! ~Steph Ford-Greene

Prayers to the family may God keep you during this devastating time. Court!!! My namesake, my heart. I have no idea where to begin. So I will just say To live is Chriat and to die is gain. Boy I am going to miss you and your contagious smile. I love you sweetheart and know your Berkmar friends like family will always love you YAK!!! You know I got your boys and only sis forever. Rest peacefully my love

WITH ALL MY LOVE Courtney Stephens

My world has been rocked to its core. I lost my first friend, my first baby, my ONLY Sibling and I will never recover. Everyone that knew him knew We were All We had and we loved every minute of it. So many ppl loved him and he loved so many. He made everyone feel like you were his favorite and you were! He loved hard and cried harder but do NOT make him made cus he had that one hitter quitter! Lol There will never be anyone like my Lil Big Brother! Forever missed but never be forgotten.

-Qiana Gilbert

This young man is the love of my life! I don't know how to even breathe without my son! He has been known not as a mama's baby and he lived up to that term. When he was a teenager he asked me to stop talking baby talk to him but came back by the end of that semester to apologize and asked if I could go back, to which I gladly did! Courtney is everything to me and will surely miss his daily phone calls to see how I'm feeling. He was one of a kind and his absence will be felt by so many who knew and loved him!

Sending my love, prayers and condolences to the family. You are missed Courtney, and will never be forgotten.