Robert William Chamlee

 

He was born April 28, 1947 in Atlanta, Georgia to John Henry & Adele Chamlee.  Robert was a graduate of Perry High School and Georgia Tech with a degree in Civil Engineering.  He then received his Master’s Degree from Oklahoma State University and retired from the Corp of Engineers Mobile, AL as a Geo-Technical Section Chief  after 37 years of service.  He moved to the Chattanooga area in 2002 where he worked for Arcadis Engineering for 10 years. Mr. Chamlee was a member of Christ United Methodist Church.
 

Survivors include his loving wife, Audrey Tolbert Chamlee, a native of Mobile, Alabama; mother and father, Adele & John Henry Chamlee of Jonesboro, GA; sisters, Sandra (Richard) Brockmann, Perry, GA, & Susan (Phillip) Sligh of Sharpsburg, GA; daughters, Dawn (Jamie) Hughes, Griffin, GA & Theresa A Hill, Willis, TX; sons, Michael (Jessica) Chamlee, Smyrna, GA, Michael G. (Shannon) Wright, Gladbrook, IA ; grandsons, Cole and John Ryan Hughes &  Michael Eric Wright; granddaughters, Ashley Hughes, Lana Chamlee, Pamela Hill, Nicole (Andy) Majors; great-grandchildren,  Shai Majors and Hailey Majors; aunt, Lillie Williamson; several nieces & nephews.

 

Funeral services were held Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. at Christ United Methodist Church with Rev. David Hall officiating. Interment was held Thursday at 1:00 p.m. at Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, GA.  Phillip Sligh, Chuck Wilson, Jamie Hughes, Michael Chamlee, Jack Carroll & Ed Williamson served as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers were Good News Sunday School Class Members of Christ United Methodist Church.

 

To share expressions of sympathy, visit his online guestbook at lane-southcrestchapel.com. Memorial contributions can be made to The American Cancer Society, 850 Fortwood Street, Chattanooga, TN, 37403.

  

Arrangements are by the South Crest Chapel of Lane Funeral Home & Crematory, located at the end of historic Missionary Ridge, Rossville.

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