Obit: Shelby R. Chambless, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by: Dorothy Rinehart Taylor,
111 Racove Drive, West Monroe, LA 71291




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The Ruston Daily Leader, Tuesday, March 21, 2000

Shelby R. Chambless

Services for Shelby R. Chambless, 89, of Carthage, Texas, were held at
2:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 21, 2000, in the Hawthorn Funeral Home Chapel.
Officiating was Dr. David Uth and Bro. Dennis Rivers.

Interment was in Restland Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of
Hawthorn Funeral Home.

Mr. Chambless died March 18, 2000, in Longview, Texas.

Mr. Shelby R. Chambless was born October 30,1910, in Ruston, to Marion
Christopher and Rhoda Liner Chambless.  Shelby attended both the
University of Oklahoma and Louisiana Tech University. He married Avis
Pauline Brillhart, March 30, 1939, and together they celebrated over 60
years of marriage.  Shelby worked in Oil Tool Sales for Hughes Tool Co.
retiring as the Manager of International Sales for the Western
Hemisphere.  He served as a Mason in the 32nd Degree and Shriner in the
Sharon Temple.  Mr. Chambless was a member of the Central Baptist Church
in Carthage. He loved a game of golf and spending time in the garden. He
was preceded in death by two sisters, Hazel Jones and Beatrice, and a
brother, Grayson Chambless.

Survivors include his devoted wife, Pauline Chambless of Carthage; one
son, Chris Chambless and wife Beth of Houston; two daughters, Becky
Wattleworth and husband Bob of Canton, Mich., and Susan Kay Chambless of
Carthage; two sisters, Bernice Woods of Monroe, and Agnes Miller of St.
Joseph; one grandson, Kent Christopher Wattleworth of Canton, Mich.;
numerous nieces and nephews; and a host of friends.