Reeda (Newport) Chambers (1914 - 2000)

Born 1914 in Norma, Scott, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Clovis Tyson Chambers — married 24 Oct 1931 (to 9 Mar 1967) in Scott, Tennessee, United States

Died 17 Aug 2000 at about age 86 in Cookeville General Hospital, Putnam, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Reeda was born in 1914 at Norma in Scott County, Tennessee. She was the daughter of William T. and Lucretia ( Hatfield ) Newport. She married Clovis Tyson Chambers on October 24, 1931 in Scott County. Reeda worked as a school teacher at Norma school for 50 years, She passed away at the Cookeville General Hospital in Putnam County, Tennessee on August 17, 2000.

Obituary,

CHAMBERS, REEDA 87, of Cookeville, formerly of Norma, passed away on Thursday, August 17, 2000 at Cookeville General Hospital. Mrs. CHAMBERS was a member of Norma Baptist Church and was a devoted school teacher at Norma for 50 years. She was preceded in death by her husband, CLOVIS CHAMBERS; and her parents, WILLIAM and LUCRETIA NEWPORT. Survivors include two brothers, WILLIAM and BETHEL NEWPORT of Cookeville; several nieces and nephews; and a number of other relatives and friends. Funeral services were held on Saturday, August 19, at 2:30 p.m. in Martin Wilson Funeral Home chapel in LaFollette, with Rev. DALE G. SMITH officiating. Interment was in Campbell Memorial Gardens. Martin Wilson Funeral Home of LaFollette was in charge of arrangements. (Source: The Scott County News, 24 Aug 2000, p8)

Sources

Burial : Campbell Memorial Gardens, LaFollette, Campbell County, Tennessee, U.S.A. Burial Date : August 19, 2000 Find A Grave memorial # 10520154 [1]

• Find a Grave, database and images ( https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10520154/reeda-chambers: accessed 28 October 2022), memorial page for Reeda Newport Chambers (1914–17 Aug 2000), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10520154, citing Campbell Memorial Gardens, La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Larry & Edie Doepel (contributor 46583214).

• "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VN6K-2CL : 4 December 2014), Clavis Chambers and Reeda Newport, 24 Oct 1931; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 394, Scott, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNPW-J82 : accessed 25 August 2019), Reeda Newport in household of William T Newport, Civil District 1, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing ED 173, sheet 6B, line 97, family 111, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1761; FHL microfilm 1,821,761.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPQ1-D4B : accessed 25 August 2019), Ruda Newfort in household of William T Newfort, District 1, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 6A, line 24, family 89, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2271; FHL microfilm 2,342,005.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4ZP-DXN : 29 July 2019), Reeda Chambers in household of Clovis Chambers, Civil District 1, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 76-1, sheet 13B, line 56, family 201, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3932.

• "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:6FSW-9JPZ : Mon Jan 30 07:04:03 UTC 2023), Entry for Clovis Chambers and Reeda Chambers, 13 April 1950, Norma, Scott, Tennessee, From <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FSW-9JP8>