RUDY CHAMBERS

ADA-Services for Joel Rudolph "Rudy" Chambers, 84, Ada, are 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Bud Ross will officiate. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery.

Mr. Chambers died Friday, November 23, 2007 at a local hospital. He was born October 17, 1923 at Franks, Oklahoma to Dr. Joel Edgar and Essie Lee Akers Chambers. He attended elementary school at Stonewall and graduated from Horace Mann High School in Ada in 1942. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from East Central University and a Master's degree from the University of New Mexico.

Mr. Chambers lived in New Mexico for 55 years before moving back to Ada in October 2005. While he lived in Albuquerque, he taught Biology, Chemistry, and General Science, retiring from the Albuquerque school system. Mr. Chambers was a member of Central Church of Christ in Ada, and a member of the Netherwood Church of Christ in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Previously, he was active in the Boy Scouts of America and he served in the U. S. Army during World War II.

Survivors include family members, Virginia Akers Smith, Ada, Laurel and Don Turley, Fittstown, Shannon Kai Turley and husband Floyd Neugin, Fittstown, Shawn Lei Rumley and husband Matt, Tulsa, Will Hogan, Ada , Virginia (Ginna) Hogan, Fittstown, Alexandra Rumley, Tulsa, and other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents, and his wife, Sheila Chambers.

Bearers will be Burr Harris, David Cross, Jerry Walker, and family members Floyd Neugin and Will Hogan. Honorary bearers will be Bob Chambers, Bill Lobley, Blackie Blacklock, and the Netherwood Church of Christ members.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada