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Thelma Chandler
Thelma Chandler
October 5, 1913 – April 19, 2016
AUSTIN – Thelma Chandler, 102, passed away April 19, 2016 in Austin, TX.
The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. April 27 at The White Family Funeral Home.
A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. April 28 at Brushy Cemetery with a celebration of her life to follow at 2 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Bowie with the Rev. Dick Hennings officiating.
Thelma was born Oct. 5, 1913 in the Bird Hollow Community of Montague County. She graduated from Bowie High School in 1931. At the time of her death she was the oldest living graduate of BHS.
Thelma was married to Ernest Chandler in 1935 and they were married for more than 50 years before his death in 1988.
She had been a member of the First Baptist Church of Bowie since 1935. Thelma taught five-year-old Sunday school there for 32 years. She was a member of the Grace Sunday School class and was very active in the Women Missionary Union for 64 years. Thelma was Bowie Pioneer Queen in 1999.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Ernest Chandler; son, Donald Ernest Chandler; parents, Charles Green Garrett and Vennie Gambrell Garrett; and seven brothers, Vernoy Garrett, Claude Garrett, Orie Garrett, Luther Garrett, Glen Garrett, Olan Garrett and Curtis Garrett.
Thelma is survived by her daughter, Judy Chandler Murff and husband Stan; granddaughter, Stephanie Murff Luck and husband Larry; step-great-grandchildren, Christopher Luck and Amanda Luck; grandson, Steven Murff and wife Samantha; great grandchildren, Benjamin Garrett Murff and Cora Alice; sister-in-law, Alene Garrett; and many nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews, and great-great nieces and nephews.
Should friends desire, donations may be made to Heart-to-Heart Hospice or a charity of choice.
Condolences may be made at www.thewhitefamilyfuneralhome.com.
Arrangements have been entrusted to The White Family Funeral Home of Bowie.
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