Final Rites Held for T J Chambers
At the Catholic Church Tuesday afternoon friends and relatives paid final tribute to T J Chambers, 75, who died Sunday night at his home near Vardaman. The services were conducted by Father Robert of Tupelo. Burial was in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.
Prior to 1930 Mr. Chambers had been an employee of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad for more than forty, twenty five of which were spent in Okolona. He was born in Noxubee County. the son of the late T J and Virginia Stuart Chambers. He spent several years in Artesia before coming here. Early in life he joined the Catholic Church and remained a consistent member. He was kind, thoughtful and friendly, and his passing is deeply felt by those with whom he had associated.
Mr. Chambers was married twice. His first wife to whom he was married in 1885, was Emma Donahue of Aberdeen. Eight children were born to then, six of whom are living. In 1912 he was married to Mrs. Vannie Dendy of Houston, who survives him. His children are Mrs. Paul Simonette of Atlanta, Ga., Sister Mary Stanislaus Chambers, Convent of Visitation, Mobile, Miss Virginia Chambers, San Angelo, Texas, Tom Chambers, Meridian, John O. and Bernard. He is also survived by one step-son, Tilden Dendy, of Cincinnati, two step-daughters, Mrs. Banks McDowell, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Miss Fredericka Dendy, Vardaman, and two sisters, Mrs. R M Dugan and Mrs. Virginia Dugan, both of Shuqualak.
Mrs. Chambers and a number of relatives and friends accompanied the body to Okolona. Among those from a distance who attended the funeral were Mrs. Simmonette, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Chambers and son, Mrs. R M Dugan, Mr. and Mrs. Banks McDowell and Miss Fredericka Dendy who was visiting her sister, and Mr. and Mrs. Tilden Dendy.
Pallbearers were J T McKinley, Henry Brady, Joe Herndon, Charles McGehee, Tom Woodfin, and Albert Weems of Meridian.
The Okolona Messenger, Thursday, February 29, 1940
At the Catholic Church Tuesday afternoon friends and relatives paid final tribute to T J Chambers, 75, who died Sunday night at his home near Vardaman. The services were conducted by Father Robert of Tupelo. Burial was in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.
Prior to 1930 Mr. Chambers had been an employee of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad for more than forty, twenty five of which were spent in Okolona. He was born in Noxubee County. the son of the late T J and Virginia Stuart Chambers. He spent several years in Artesia before coming here. Early in life he joined the Catholic Church and remained a consistent member. He was kind, thoughtful and friendly, and his passing is deeply felt by those with whom he had associated.
Mr. Chambers was married twice. His first wife to whom he was married in 1885, was Emma Donahue of Aberdeen. Eight children were born to then, six of whom are living. In 1912 he was married to Mrs. Vannie Dendy of Houston, who survives him. His children are Mrs. Paul Simonette of Atlanta, Ga., Sister Mary Stanislaus Chambers, Convent of Visitation, Mobile, Miss Virginia Chambers, San Angelo, Texas, Tom Chambers, Meridian, John O. and Bernard. He is also survived by one step-son, Tilden Dendy, of Cincinnati, two step-daughters, Mrs. Banks McDowell, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Miss Fredericka Dendy, Vardaman, and two sisters, Mrs. R M Dugan and Mrs. Virginia Dugan, both of Shuqualak.
Mrs. Chambers and a number of relatives and friends accompanied the body to Okolona. Among those from a distance who attended the funeral were Mrs. Simmonette, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Chambers and son, Mrs. R M Dugan, Mr. and Mrs. Banks McDowell and Miss Fredericka Dendy who was visiting her sister, and Mr. and Mrs. Tilden Dendy.
Pallbearers were J T McKinley, Henry Brady, Joe Herndon, Charles McGehee, Tom Woodfin, and Albert Weems of Meridian.
The Okolona Messenger, Thursday, February 29, 1940
Final Rites Held for T J Chambers
At the Catholic Church Tuesday afternoon friends and relatives paid final tribute to T J Chambers, 75, who died Sunday night at his home near Vardaman. The services were conducted by Father Robert of Tupelo. Burial was in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.
Prior to 1930 Mr. Chambers had been an employee of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad for more than forty, twenty five of which were spent in Okolona. He was born in Noxubee County. the son of the late T J and Virginia Stuart Chambers. He spent several years in Artesia before coming here. Early in life he joined the Catholic Church and remained a consistent member. He was kind, thoughtful and friendly, and his passing is deeply felt by those with whom he had associated.
Mr. Chambers was married twice. His first wife to whom he was married in 1885, was Emma Donahue of Aberdeen. Eight children were born to then, six of whom are living. In 1912 he was married to Mrs. Vannie Dendy of Houston, who survives him. His children are Mrs. Paul Simonette of Atlanta, Ga., Sister Mary Stanislaus Chambers, Convent of Visitation, Mobile, Miss Virginia Chambers, San Angelo, Texas, Tom Chambers, Meridian, John O. and Bernard. He is also survived by one step-son, Tilden Dendy, of Cincinnati, two step-daughters, Mrs. Banks McDowell, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Miss Fredericka Dendy, Vardaman, and two sisters, Mrs. R M Dugan and Mrs. Virginia Dugan, both of Shuqualak.
Mrs. Chambers and a number of relatives and friends accompanied the body to Okolona. Among those from a distance who attended the funeral were Mrs. Simmonette, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Chambers and son, Mrs. R M Dugan, Mr. and Mrs. Banks McDowell and Miss Fredericka Dendy who was visiting her sister, and Mr. and Mrs. Tilden Dendy.
Pallbearers were J T McKinley, Henry Brady, Joe Herndon, Charles McGehee, Tom Woodfin, and Albert Weems of Meridian.
The Okolona Messenger, Thursday, February 29, 1940
At the Catholic Church Tuesday afternoon friends and relatives paid final tribute to T J Chambers, 75, who died Sunday night at his home near Vardaman. The services were conducted by Father Robert of Tupelo. Burial was in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.
Prior to 1930 Mr. Chambers had been an employee of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad for more than forty, twenty five of which were spent in Okolona. He was born in Noxubee County. the son of the late T J and Virginia Stuart Chambers. He spent several years in Artesia before coming here. Early in life he joined the Catholic Church and remained a consistent member. He was kind, thoughtful and friendly, and his passing is deeply felt by those with whom he had associated.
Mr. Chambers was married twice. His first wife to whom he was married in 1885, was Emma Donahue of Aberdeen. Eight children were born to then, six of whom are living. In 1912 he was married to Mrs. Vannie Dendy of Houston, who survives him. His children are Mrs. Paul Simonette of Atlanta, Ga., Sister Mary Stanislaus Chambers, Convent of Visitation, Mobile, Miss Virginia Chambers, San Angelo, Texas, Tom Chambers, Meridian, John O. and Bernard. He is also survived by one step-son, Tilden Dendy, of Cincinnati, two step-daughters, Mrs. Banks McDowell, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Miss Fredericka Dendy, Vardaman, and two sisters, Mrs. R M Dugan and Mrs. Virginia Dugan, both of Shuqualak.
Mrs. Chambers and a number of relatives and friends accompanied the body to Okolona. Among those from a distance who attended the funeral were Mrs. Simmonette, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Chambers and son, Mrs. R M Dugan, Mr. and Mrs. Banks McDowell and Miss Fredericka Dendy who was visiting her sister, and Mr. and Mrs. Tilden Dendy.
Pallbearers were J T McKinley, Henry Brady, Joe Herndon, Charles McGehee, Tom Woodfin, and Albert Weems of Meridian.
The Okolona Messenger, Thursday, February 29, 1940
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