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Submitted: 5/19/21 • Approved: 5/26/21 • Last Updated: 5/29/21 • R419788-G419786-S3
James Clevis
Feb 2, 1917 - Mar 7, 2010
Clover Matt
Dec 28, 1920 - Oct 7, 2009
Married Dec 19, 1939
*Obituary
James Clevis Chambers, 93, of Brownfield passed into the arms of God on Sunday evening March 7, 2010, at his home.
Services will be 10:00am, Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at Brownfield First Baptist Church with Rev. Randy Land officiating. Interment will be in Terry County memorial Cemetery under the direction of Brownfield Funeral Home.
Clevis was born on February 2, 1917 in Rush Springs, OK to Mack and Ruby Chambers. He was the 2nd of eight children. He and Clover Barton married on December 19, 1939. She preceded him to Heaven on October 7, 2009. Clevis at age 8 and his family first came to Terry County in 1925 to help harvest cotton. After a short time in California they returned to Brownfield in 1927 to live. He retired after 50 years of farming. Clevis enjoyed blue grass and fiddle music. He was a member of First Baptist Church.
Clevis is survived by 3 sons, Buster and wife Nancy of Morton, Jimmy and wife Becky of Brownfield and Dr. Ron Chambers of Savoy, IL; 7 grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren and 1 great-great grandchild; a sister, Doris Gannon of Ft. Worth; 2 brothers, Carl Chambers and wife Bonnie of Odessa and Claude Chambers and wife June of Austin; numerous nieces and nephews; very special caregivers, Bryan and Gloria Chambers.
Special thanks to Dr. Roy Kendrick and Odyssey Hospice.
Those welcoming him home were the love of his life, Clover; his parents; sisters, Cleo Barton and Louise Luker; brothers, Clifford and Cecil; great grandson, Dylan Thomas.
Memorial donations may be made to the charity of ones choice.
*Obituary
Clover Matt Barton Chambers, 88,of Brownfield passed lovingly into the arms of God on Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at her home.
Services will be at 10:00 a.m. Friday, October 9, 2009 at First Baptist Church Chapel in Brownfield. Interment will follow in Terry County Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Brownfield Funeral Home. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Thursday night from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Clover was born on December 28, 1920 in Union to Thomas Matt and Ruth Johnson Barton. She attended schools in Union, graduating in 1936. She married Clevis Chambers on December 19, 1939 in Terry County. Clover was a longtime member of First Baptist Church where she taught the ladies' Sunday School class for many years. She was very active in WMU holding many positions throughout the years and also a member of the Eastern Star. She was a homemaker who enjoyed gardening, sewing and embroidering. She loved keeping and helping raise their grandchildren who were the light of her life. The word "no" was not in her vocabulary. She and Clover enjoyed traveling in their RV listening to Bluegrass music.
Clover is survived by her husband, Clevis Chambers of Brownfield; 3 sons, Jimmy Chambers and his wife Becky of Brownfield, Buster Chambers and his wife Nancy of Morton and Dr. Ron Chambers of Savoy, IL; 7 grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren; 1 great great grandchild; 2 sisters, Johnnie McCutcheon of Brownfield and Toybell Herring of Seminole; numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
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Contributed on 5/19/21 by hawkinsdonna48
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