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- Earnest G. Chambers, 85, 232 Coal Chute Road, Elizabethton, died Thursday, Dec. 20, 2001, at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Mountain Home, after a lengthy illness.
Mr. Chambers was a Carter County native and a son of the late Henry W. and Callie Deloach Chambers.
He retired as an employee of Beaunit Fibers, Elizabethton.
Mr. Chambers was a World War II Army veteran, having served in Normandy, northern France, the Rhineland, the Ardennes and Central Europe. He received the Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal with Good Conduct Medal, the Purple Heart, five Bronze service stars, the American Defense Medal and the Distinguished Unit Badge.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Mrs. Jewell Adams Chambers, in March; and three brothers, Frank Chambers, Bill Chambers and Elmer Chambers.
Survivors include two sons, Van Chambers and Fred Chambers, both of Elizabethton; three sisters, Christine Chambers and Dorothy Chambers, both of Elizabethton, and Ruby Glover, Bristol, Va.; and one stepgranddaughter.
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Abt 1916 - 2001 (~ 85 years)
