Isle Of Wight-Newport News City-Hampton City County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Chandler, Evelyn Daniel December 2, 2007
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Daily Press, Newport News, VA, December 4, 2007
CARROLLTON - In the dawning hours of Sunday, Dec. 2, 2007, Evelyn Daniel 
Chandler answered her heavenly call as the Lord's angels descended upon 
Sentara CarePlex Hospital, Hampton, Va., to carry her home to be with Him, 
having sustained all the pain she could bear. 
Born Sept. 10, 1931, to the late Robert and Amarintha Daniel in Newport News, 
Va., she attended the public schools of Newport News and Hampton, Va. At an 
early age, she joined her family church home of St. Paul A.M.E. Professing her 
faith in our Savior, her worship pilgrimage continued through her husband's 
military career ultimately returning her to St. Paul A.M.E., where she 
remained a member until her homegoing. 
Her sister, Rebecca Perry, preceded her in death.
She was united in holy matrimony on Dec. 27, 1952, to her devoted husband of 
55 years, Lloyd Edward Chandler of Queens, N.Y. The couple lived in Portugal, 
New York, Michigan and Hampton, Va., settling in Isle of Wight County, Va., 
for the past 30 years. 
Her professional career experience began with the Book of the Month Club and 
culminated with tenured service with Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company, 
where she retired as a Group Chief Operator in 1988.
Her citizen service covered the better part of 30 years building people and 
communities through historic preservation, serving on the Virginia Historic 
Review Board, service to the National Association for the Advancement of 
Colored People (NAACP) as the first African American female Vice President of 
the Virginia State Conference, prior service as the Chairwoman of the Isle of 
Wight County Planning Commission, and a past President of the women's 
auxiliary of Les Hommes Social and Civic Club.
Our beloved wife, mother, sister, grandmother and cousin possessed a vibrant, 
progressive and outgoing spirit characterized by a never say die attitude with 
a compassionate spirit of lifting as she climbed.
Evelyn Chandler leaves to mourn: her loving husband, Lloyd E. Chandler of Isle 
of Wight, Va.; one devoted son, Kenneth L. Chandler (Regina) of Portsmouth, 
Va.; one devoted goddaughter, Melissa R. Bailey of Hampton, Va.; two loving 
sisters, Martha Johnson of Newport News, Va., and Ruby Price (Robert) of 
Atlanta, Ga.; two loving brothers, Herman Daniel (Elnora) of Chicago, Ill., 
and Rubin Daniel (Cynthia) of Hampton, Va.; three inspired grandchildren, 
Mistress Kirsten L. Chandler, Mistress Jillian L. Chandler and Master Nicholas 
L. Chandler, all of Portsmouth, Va.; numerous nieces and nephews and a host of 
relatives and friends.
These and many others whose lives she has shaped with her touch will join in 
the mourning of their loss and the celebration of her life and times.
A funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 7, at St. Paul A.M.E. 
Church, 2500 Chestnut Ave., Newport News, with the Rev. Donald F. White 
officiating. Interment will follow in Hampton Memorial Gardens. Viewing will 
begin at 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, at Berceuse Funeral and Cremation 
Traditions, 2609 Cunningham Drive, Hampton. A wake will be held there from 6 
to 8 p.m. Mrs. Chandler will lie in state one hour prior to the service Friday 
at the church.
Arrangements by Poole's Funeral Home, Sabrina Hardy-Newby, Funeral Directress, 
757-357-4742.



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