The Rolla Daily News, Friday, September 7, 1962 (Front page) WILLIAM CHAMBERS DIES IN ST. LOUIS: William Ishameal Chambers, former resident of the Newburg area died yesterday at St. Louis, at the age of 77 years. Funeral Services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Lee Johnson Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Roach Cemetery. Mr. Chambers is survived by his widow, Mrs. Maude Chambers; a son, Harry, of California; two daughters; Mrs. Ruth Alley, Ariz; and Mrs. Lucille Baker, St. Louis; a brother; Arthur Chambers, Independence, Mo; five grandchildren, and four great grandchildren. The Body will lie in state at Lee Johnson Funeral Home beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday. (William I. Chambers was born 27 Apr 1885 and died 6 Sep 1962 in St. Louis, MO. He is buried at the Roach Cemetery in Phelps Co, MO. .(Research shows that Jane Isabelle Chambers b: 8 APR 1861 in Sherrill, Texas Co, MO was William's mother) Marriage, Phelps Co, MO: William I. Chambers, age 24, and Maud M. Chapman, age 17, dau of A.I. Chapman married at Newburg on 17 Oct 1909 by Luther White, MG, Newburg.