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Essie Chavers Obituary
Mrs. Essie Mae Chavers, age 89, passed away Thursday, May 24, 2012 in the Brewton hospital.
Mrs. Chavers was a native and life long resident of the Wallace Community. She taugth school at the A.D. Kelley school in Wallace for a number of years, and volunteered for the National Weather Service for 50 years. She was a member of Hanberry Holiness Church. Mrs. Chavers was preceded in death by her husband, Lee C. Chavers; a son, Floyd Chavers; two brothers, Leonard Pettis, and Cleve Pettis; and a sister, Voncile Chavers.
She is survived by her son, Elton (Jackie Windham) Chavers of Bon Secour, AL; one daughter, Kathryn (Leonard) Conrad of Wallace, AL; four brothers, Howard Pettis of Mobile, AL, Coley Pettis of Mobile, AL, Claude Pettis of Theodore, AL, and Allen D. Pettis of Wallace, AL; three grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held on Sunday, May 27, 2012 at 2:30 p.m. from the chapel of Craver's Funeral Home with Rev. Phillip Pettis and Rev. Wilbur "Gam" Graves officiating. Interment will follow in Hanberry Cemetery.
Visitation will be held at Craver's Funeral Home on Sunday from 12:30 p.m. until service time at 2:30 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Hanberry Holiness Church Cemetery Fund.
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In Christian concern and loving care, you were uplifted in prayer by The Mens Prayer Fellowship of Dauphin Way United Methodist Church.
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