Gene Chambers
FAYETTEVILLE — Gene Chambers, 81, died May 14, 2009, at Plateau Medical Center, Oak Hill.
Born Sept. 21, 1927, at Glen Morgan, W.Va., a son of the late Charles Henry Chambers and Lelia Chambers.
Mr. Chambers was a World War II US Korean War Veteran. He was a retired steel worker for Elkem Metals.
He was also preceded in death by two brothers, George Chambers and Sam Chambers; and two sisters, Lucille Adkins and Dorothy Erickson.
Survivors include three brothers, Tom Chambers of Oak Hill, Robert Chambers and his wife, Joyce of Charlotte, N.C. and Howard Chambers of Florida; two sons, Charles Chambers of Oak Hill and Robert Chambers and his wife, Terra of Oak Hill; two daughters, Karen Chambers of Fayetteville, and Kathy Kessinger and husband, Ed of Oak Hill; and seven grandchildren: Toby Branan, Brooke Chambers, Jason Gill, Ashley Chambers, Joseph Chambers, Robert Chambers and Landen Chambers and two great-grandchildren, Tyler Branan and Connor Branan.
A graveside service will be 7 p.m. Monday at the Gethsemane Memorial Gardens, with military rites being conduced by the VFW Post No. 3110 and the American Legion Post No. 149.
Friends may call from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Monday at High Lawn Funeral Home Chapel in Oak Hill.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: Kenneth Shadrick Chapter 156 of the Korean War Veterans Association, 1113 Old Eccles Rd., Beckley, WV 25801.
Arrangements by High Lawn Funeral Home, Oak Hill