Mr. Cecil Calvin Chambers, age 79, of Lawrenceville, GA, passed away Tuesday, March 27th, 2007. Mr. Chambers was a native of Union County, Georgia, and a son of the late Calvin Juan Chambers and Myrtle Ivey Jordan Chambers. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War, and a member of Hebron Baptist Church in Dacula. Mr. Chambers had been a resident of Atlanta during the years of 1966 through 1988. He was preceded in death by his wife, Eula Lee Turner Chambers.
Surviving family members include daughter and son-in-law, Donna and James Mills, of Atlanta; son, Richard L. Chambers, of Lawrenceville; sisters, Ellavie Waden, of Pensacola, Florida and Retha Overstreet, of Blairsville; and brothers, Roger Chambers, of Blue Ridge, GA, Earl Chambers, of Morganton, GA, and Winston Chambers, of Blairsville; grandchildren, Holli Mills of Charlotte, NC, and Courtni Mills, of Atlanta; many nieces, nephews, and other relatives also survive.
Funeral services are scheduled for Friday, March 30, 2007, at 1:00 p.m., at Bethlehem Baptist Church, with Brother James Mills officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation at the funeral home will be on Thursday evening, from 5:30 p.m. until 9:00 p.m.
If you wish, memorial contributions may be made to The American Diabetes Foundation.
Arrangements entrusted to Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville.