Bo and Sam Forrest Ladies, you’ve missed your chance. Sam Forrest sailed away quietly on May 5, 2021 after a sudden hurricane of ill health. His final, but long-term, wish was “to have just one more romance.” Alas, that was not to be. Samuel Shores Forrest, like his bold, finely crafted furniture, was one of a kind. Born in Mathews, Va., on Jan. 20, 1936, in the depths of the Great Depression, to Lovie Corrine Clinard and Dennis Dryden Forrest, he was steeped in a tradition of individuality and self-sufficiency. After high school in Mathews, Sam joined the U.S. Navy, then attended Richmond Professional Institute (RPI), the forerunner to Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). Now, a leading public arts university, its identity was cemented in the 1950s and ’60s, when Sam was an integral part of it. He majored in Social Work, served as a parole officer, then returned to study art, where he developed his obsession with furniture design.