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Flora Chambers

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Nov 27, 1923 — Nov 13, 2022

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Flora Chambers Saunders passed away on November 13, 2022, in the presence of her daughter, Sonya Saunders, in Carmel, Indiana..
Flora was born in Florala, Alabama on November 27, 1923 and was the last daughter of Joseph George Chambers and Elena McCraney Chambers. She grew up in Florala, Alabama and had not planned to leave her hometown.
However, shortly after graduating from Florala High School in 1942, she married Fred Jay. Saunders, of Samson, Alabama. The couple moved to Mobile, Alabama, where Fred worked at Brookley Field before he joined the Army Air Corps hoping to become a pilot.
By the Korean Conflict he was a in the United States Air Force continued his career as a pilot. This meant that she would not only leave Alabama but she would need to make a home in Oklahoma, California, Kansas and then back Oklahoma where they lived until 2010 when they moved to Indiana to be near their daughter.
As she move, finding a church was a first priority.  She loved the Lord Jesus Christ and was always active as a Sunday School teacher, women's group leader,  choir member and volunteer.
She was involved with her daughter's schools and was active in the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) for years and various community activities including the Cooperative Extension Service and working at the polls during elections years.
Flora, was known as Flo to her friends and Aunt Flora to dozens of nieces and nephews including great nieces and nephews and great-great nieces and nephews.  She never met a stranger and enjoyed sharing what she had learned.  She had the gift of hospitality and always loved to entertain.
After Fred retired they enjoyed traveling and taking trips with friends. She always though of Florala as her hometown and kept her family home to visit several times a year.
After Fred death in 2014, after 72 years of marriage, she continued to read books, look for new recipes in magazines, to watch cable news and to look for familiar names in the weekly Florala News.  She enjoyed her cell phone and keeping in touch with life long friends and family.
She was the surviving child of eleven children. Her father was one of the founders of Demascus Baptist Church which the family has attended through the years. Her parents and all her siblings are buried in Demascus Cemetery except for one brother who is buried in Florida.
Flo is survived by her daughter, Sonya Saunders.  She was predeceased by her husband, Fred Jay Saunders, her beloved parents, Joseph George Chambers and Elena McCraney Chambers and her siblings; Chalmas O. Chambers, Sadie Lee Chambers Edmondson, Arie O. Chambers, Joel D. Chambers, Bernice O. Chambers, Talmadge Chambers, Emmett M. Chambers and three sisters who died in their youth.
There will be celebration of life service at Damascus Baptist Church, Florala Alabama, on Sunday, November 27, 2022 at 3PM followed by refreshments in the church fellowship hall. Visitation will be from 2PM to 3PM. Interment will be in Damascus Baptist Church Cemetery.
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Funeral Service

November
27

Sunday

Demascus Baptist Church

County Road 4, Florala, AL 36442

Starts at 2:00 pm

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