Mr. and Mrs. O.W. Chandler - spry2
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Graveside services for both O.W. (Blackie) Chandler
(85) of Tanner, and his wife of sixty-seven years Doris Isabella Haraway (86)
will be held at Limestone Memorial Gardens on US-31 at 11:00 a.m. Thursday,
July 16, 2020. Officiating will be Ralph Johnson, a former Tanner Methodist
pastor. Spry Funeral Home is directing.
Both are survived by three sons: Roger
Chandler (Julie), Barry Chandler (Patricia), and Donald Chandler (Martha). Also
left behind are six grandchildren: Candice Rogers (Ben), Jason Chandler
(Sarah), Grant Chandler (Allison), Morgan Yohn (Brandon), Allie Harris (Jake),
Jessie Chandler, and eleven great grandchildren. In addition, there are many
nieces and nephews and a large family of cousins who will mourn their passing.
Preceding
Mr. Chandler are his parents Onus and Pearlie Chandler of Lexington, AL. and
his brother Walter Chandler. Surviving him are two sisters Patricia Bolen and
Faye Gooch and one brother Morris Chandler. Preceding Mrs. Chandler are her
parents Henry Lee Haraway and Ora Idell Haraway.
Surviving her are one sister
Neva Huffaker and two brothers Coy and Alton Haraway. Mr. Chandler served in
the U.S. Navy. Afterwards, he worked at the Army Ballistic Missile Agency and
later retired from NASA. As he often said, “Retirement is hard, but someone has
to do it.” He loved to have the time to garden, and shared the bounty with his
friends, family, and neighbors. He hunted and fished and made the best deer
jerky and hush puppies. His chicken stew was sought after at the church events
and throughout the Tanner community, and he grilled many a hot dog and hamburger
at the Tanner Tractor Pull.
Mrs. Chandler studied at a business college and
soon afterward worked at TVA. After she took a leave to take care of her
children, she began work at Safeguard Logistics Command of the Army. She later
was an administrative assistant at Missile Research and Development Engineering
Center where she retired in 1993. She was an excellent seamstress and excelled
at all needlecraft. She sewed for all her grandchildren from Halloween costumes
to crib bedding and everything in between. She was very active in her church
and tried to participate in all events from Easter Egg Hunts to graduation
breakfasts for Tanner Seniors and parents. She visited and sat with the sick,
and brought food to all who needed it. Both grandparents spent a great deal of
time with their grandchildren. They camped, fished, played endless games of Joker.
They sought to attend all events from ballgames to piano recitals. And when the
grandchildren were married, they traveled from Colorado to Mobile to see the
great grands. Three more great grands are due in the fall; they will miss not
knowing their grandparents as their parents did.
The family asks for social
distancing at the service due to Covid19. In lieu of flowers, the family requests
memorials be made to Tanner Methodist Church, P.O. Box 238, Tanner, AL 35671
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Many wonderful memories throughout the years.