Shelley Alford Chandler, 56, of Beaumont, died Monday, August 18, 2008, at Christus Hospital St. Elizabeth in Beaumont.
She was a native and lifelong resident of Beaumont. Mrs. Chandler was a teacher and Director of Day School at Trinity United Methodist Church in Beaumont and Director of Springwood United Methodist Church Day School. She also taught at Tomball High School and Paul Brown Center in Beaumont. Mrs. Chandler attended University of Texas and graduated from Lamar University.
Survivors include her husband, Rusty Chandler of Beaumont; daughters, Rouchelle Chandler Hoke and her husband Will of Katy and Carrie Chandler and her fiancé Matthew Handler of New York, New York; son, Russ Chandler of Houston; mother-in-law, Ruth P. Chandler of Beaumont; sister-in-law, Barbara Nunn of Grapevine; and numerous other loving family members.
Her parents, Jallé and Theodore “Dawg” Alford; and father-in-law, Darrell E. Chandler preceded her in death.
The family wishes to express their deepest gratitude to Dr. Michael W. Bevers and his staff at M.D. Anderson, Dr. Robert Birdwell and his staff at Texas Oncology and the staff of Christus Hospital St. Elizabeth I.C.U.
A memorial service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, August 21, 2008 at Trinity United Methodist Church under the direction of Broussard’s, 1605 North Major Drive, Beaumont. A gathering of family and friends will be from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at Beaumont Country Club, 5355 Pine Street.
Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Broussard’s, 1605 North Major Drive, Beaumont.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Blanton Davis Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, c/o M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, P.O. Box 297153, Houston, Texas 77292 or you may visit their website at www.mdanderson.org/disease/ovarian.
