Margaret Frances “Peggy” Chambers
Margaret Frances “Peggy” Atkinson Chambers age 85 of Campbellsville, daughter of the late Dr. William Burr Atkinson and Sallie Wade Atkinson, died surrounded by her four children at her home at 10:06 am on the eighteenth day of June 2013 during a gentle rain. She was born on June 22, 1927, in Marion County, Kentucky. She was a descendent of a family living in central Kentucky for almost 200 years. A student of Centre College and the University of Kentucky, she graduated with a degree in art education. She professed faith in Christ and was a member and Elder of the Bethel First Presbyterian Church. She was a woman of keen mind, great wisdom, energy, and humor. She made her career as a mother and wife. To her children and husband she devoted all the treasures of her kindness, intellect, spirit, and fun loving ways. She was the first woman elected to the Campbellsville City Council, a fire commissioner, a Junior Miss coach, a local guru of biblical interpretation, a true-blood political centrist, a Grand Life Master bridge player, and a genuine friend to so many.
She united in marriage to Dr. Henry Forrest “Hank” Chambers on December 21, 1949. He preceded her in death on January 3, 2005. She is survived by her four children, Dr. Henry F. “Chip” Chambers, III and his wife, Dr. Joyce Hansen, of San Francisco, California, Beth Overgaauw of Campbellsville, Sue Wallingford and her husband, Jay, of Boulder, Colorado, and Dr. Andy Chambers and his wife, Dr. Joanna Chambers, of Indianapolis, Indiana; nine grandchildren, Will Chambers, Julia Chambers, Ben Overgaauw, Jacob Overgaauw, Trina Overgaauw, Jayce Wallingford, Emma Wallingford, Gabriel Chambers, and Sophia Chambers; and many nieces and nephews and other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by one brother and one sister, Dr. William Wade Atkinson and Elizabeth Atkinson Clements.
MEMORIAL SERVICE: 2:00 P.M., Sunday, June 23, 2013 at the Bethel First Presbyterian Church in Campbellsville by Rev. Jim Murphy and Rev. Dee Wade
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