Virginia Ellen Chambers

Background

Chambers, Virginia Ellen was born on April 17, 1927 in St. Paul. Daughter of Carlton Gardner and Lillian (Cox) Annable.

Education

Student, Morningside College, Sioux City, Iowa, 1945. Student, Nebraska University, 1962.

Career

Telephone operator, Northwestern Bell, Sioux City, 1946-1948; telephone operator, Northwestern Bell, Norfolk, Nebraska, 1949-1952; telephone operator, Northwestern Bell, Des Moines, 1962-1967; owner cocktail lounge, Tucson, 1968-1972; photographer, Jones & Presnell, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1975-1979.

Achievements

• Virginia Ellen Chambers has been listed as a noteworthy Community volunteer, photographer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Treasurer General Federation Women's Clubs-Arizona, 1990-1992, recording secretary, 1992-1994, Second vice president, 1994-1996. President General Federation Women's Clubs-Southwestern District, 1986-1988. Founder London Bridge Woman's Club, Lake Havasu, president, 1981-1983, 94-95.

Vice president Homemakers Extension Club, Lake Havasu, 1988. Volunteer Festival Arts Association, Lake Havasu, Cancer Society, Easter Seal Society, Heart Fund, Jazz Festival, Hospital Auxiliary-Havasu Samaritan Regional Hospital. Member state legislation committee American Association Retired Persons, Friends of Library.

Secretary Mohave County (Arizona) Democratic Central Committee, 1988-1991. Member Democratic Association of Havasu. Member Lake Havasu History Society, Tucson Women's Club, Voyagers Club (secretary 1998-1999).

Interests

• Avocations: computers, hand crafts, stitchery, photography, swimming.

Connections

Married Newell LeMoine Bradley, October 26, 1946 (deceased August 1968). Children: Rosalind (deceased), Newell Junior, Lawrence, Stephan. Married Stanley Lancaster Chambers, July 22, 1979 (deceased May 1997).

Father:

Carlton Gardner Annable

Mother:

Lillian (Cox) Annable

Spouse:

Stanley Lancaster Chambers

Spouse:

Newell LeMoine Bradley

child:

Lawrence Chambers

child:

Rosalind Chambers (deceased)

child:

Stephan Chambers

child:

Newell Junior Chambers