Garvin E. Chandler
02 Jul 1914 - 04 Nov 1966
(submitted by Gerald & Tammy Westmoreland)
Garvin E. Chandler, 52, of 28 Teague St., Oxford, died Friday morning, November 4, 1966, at Veterans' Hospital in Atlanta following an extended illness.
Funeral services were Monday, November 7 at 9:15 a.m. from Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Father Mulvaney officiating. Burial was in Arrington Chapel Cemetery near Piedmont in Cherokee County.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Mary Lou Chandler; one daughter, Miss Beverly Chandler of Yonah, Georgia; two sons, Ronald W. Chandler of Yonah, Georgia and Charles McCord Chandler of Oxford; two sisters, Mrs. Baz D. Johnson of Oxford and Mrs. W. T. Lucas of Atlanta.
Mr. Chandler was a veteran of World War II [Alabama, Tech 4, Battery A, 897th Field Artillery Battalion] and had lived in Calhoun County most of his life.
He was preceded in death by his parents, James William (Jim) Chandler and Mary E. Garmon Chandler.
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