Mr. Gordon Julian Chandler age 82, of Summerville, GA, died Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at his home.

 

Mr. Chandler was born May 16, 1932 in Harrisburg, GA, where he lived most of his

life within a three mile radius.  He was the son of the late Clifford Morris Chandler and Mary Lou Wright Chandler.  Mr. Chandler was a member of the Harrisburg Nazarene Church.

He was retired from Mt. Vernon Mills and was a veteran of the United States Army.

Other than his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Eugene Chandler.

 

Survivors include his wife, Lucy Chandler; daughters and sons-in-law, Ann and Dennis

Dill, and Rebecca and Jason Cooper; son and daughter-in-law, Charles and Lindsay

Chandler; grandchildren, Bridgette Stephens, Emma Cooper, Kara Cooper, Carson

Dill, and Julian Chandler.

 

Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p. m. Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at the

Harrisburg Nazarene Church, with Pastor Pam Frye and Rev. Tommy Russell

officiating.  Burial will follow in Trinity Cemetery.  Active pallbearers will be Raymond

McRae, Mike Jones, Mike Cleghorn, David McRae, Dover Pence, and Jerry Durham.

Honorary pallbearers will be Butch Byrd, Lebron Chandler, Jim Chandler, Nelson

Chandler, Hugh L. Wilson, Jimmy Rains, Gary Howell and Mack Agnew.

 

Mr. Chandler will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive

friends from 6:00 until 8:00 p. m. Tuesday, February 17, 2015.  He will also lie

in state at the church on Wednesday from 2:30 until the service hour.  In lieu of

flowers the family respectfully request memorials be made to St. Jude or the

Harrisburg Nazarene Church Building Fund.

 

Mason Funeral Home is directing.