ELI WHITNEY 'BUCK' CHAMBERS, 86, of Collierville, farmer and owner of Big Star Grocery in Collierville, died of acute respiratory failure Monday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Collierville Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park Southwoods Cemetery. He was a member of Pleasants Christian Church. Mr. Chambers, the husband of Evelyn Chambers, also leaves two daughters, Shirley Skelton of Collierville and Lavenia Acree of Olive Branch, Miss.; a son, Whitney Joe Chambers of Olive Branch; two sisters, Kitty Vera Chambers of Rossville, Tenn., and Geneva Reeves of Oakland, Tenn.; two brothers, Stuart Chambers of Rossville, and C. W. Chambers of Searcy, Ark., seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Pleasants Christian Church or to the American Lung Association. (Published in The Commercial Appeal on June 10, 1997)
ELI WHITNEY 'BUCK' CHAMBERS, 86, of Collierville, farmer and owner of Big Star Grocery in Collierville, died of acute respiratory failure Monday at his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Collierville Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park Southwoods Cemetery. He was a member of Pleasants Christian Church. Mr. Chambers, the husband of Evelyn Chambers, also leaves two daughters, Shirley Skelton of Collierville and Lavenia Acree of Olive Branch, Miss.; a son, Whitney Joe Chambers of Olive Branch; two sisters, Kitty Vera Chambers of Rossville, Tenn., and Geneva Reeves of Oakland, Tenn.; two brothers, Stuart Chambers of Rossville, and C. W. Chambers of Searcy, Ark., seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Pleasants Christian Church or to the American Lung Association. (Published in The Commercial Appeal on June 10, 1997)
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