Amy Jean Chambers
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Amy Jean Chambers, 83, of Hillsboro, passed away early Friday morning, Nov. 6, 2020 at Crestwood Nursing Home in Hillsboro.
She was born July 3, 1937 in Belfast, the daughter of the late Brice Ferguson and Opal Evadna Kelley Ferguson.
Amy graduated from Whiteoak High School Class of 1955 and was a member of Good News Gathering. Amy had a kind, loving servant’s heart that did not know a stranger. She had a way of doing for others the little things that mattered and never expected more than a smile or a hug in return. She loved attending her children's, grandchildren and great-grandchildren's activities and let all that would listen know how proud she was of them. She told all their friends to call her “mamaw” and made them feel like one of her own.
Amy was a devoted wife to her husband, Bob. It didn’t matter if she was fixing him food, telling him what to do, chasing pigs around the apple orchard or turning those apples into homemade applesauce. Her devotion to Bob was unwavering. She confirmed this devotion by her passing on his birthday. She held on just long enough to be the best birthday present. To Amy, family meant everything, and she was the happiest when surrounded by hers.
Surviving are her two daughters, Vicki (Mike) Vance and Teal (Chuck) Sexton, both of Hillsboro; seven grandchildren; Bobbi (Jarrod) Bloomfield, Kelley Hetzel, Brandon (Mistey) Vance, Chad (Nicole) Chambers, Robert (Blanca) Chambers, Ryan (Ashley) Sexton and Kaelee Lowe; 16 great-grandchildren, Reece and Deegen Bloomfield, Lane, Lexey, Lance and Logan Hetzel, Logan (Taylor) Burchett and Baylee Carey, Weiland, Jaggar and Isla Chambers, Oren Brice Chambers, Austin and Brooklyn Sexton and Bentlee and Emersyn Lowe; two great-great-grandchildren, Oliver Ritt and Letty Burchett; two sisters-in-law, Janice Ferguson and Bonnie Bristle; and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, Amy was preceded in death by her husband, Robert “Bob” Chambers; son, Doug Chambers; brother, Kelley Dean Ferguson; two brothers-in-law, Richard Chambers and James Chambers Jr.; three sisters-in-law, Adrienne Gaffin, Mary Black and Betty Fender; and a special niece, Cheri Brofft.
Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020 at Rhoads-Edgington Funeral Home, 138 E. Main St. Hillsboro. Interment will follow in the New Market Baptist Cemetery.
Friends will be received at the funeral home on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020 from 6-8 p.m.
Contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association; Greater Cincinnati Chapter, 644 Linn St., Suite 1026, Cincinnati, Ohio 45203; or American Diabetes Association, Cincinnati Office, 4555 Lake Forest Dr., Suite 396, Cincinnati, Ohio 45242.
To sign the online guest book, go to edgingtonfuneralhomes.com.
She was born July 3, 1937 in Belfast, the daughter of the late Brice Ferguson and Opal Evadna Kelley Ferguson.
Amy graduated from Whiteoak High School Class of 1955 and was a member of Good News Gathering. Amy had a kind, loving servant’s heart that did not know a stranger. She had a way of doing for others the little things that mattered and never expected more than a smile or a hug in return. She loved attending her children's, grandchildren and great-grandchildren's activities and let all that would listen know how proud she was of them. She told all their friends to call her “mamaw” and made them feel like one of her own.
Amy was a devoted wife to her husband, Bob. It didn’t matter if she was fixing him food, telling him what to do, chasing pigs around the apple orchard or turning those apples into homemade applesauce. Her devotion to Bob was unwavering. She confirmed this devotion by her passing on his birthday. She held on just long enough to be the best birthday present. To Amy, family meant everything, and she was the happiest when surrounded by hers.
Surviving are her two daughters, Vicki (Mike) Vance and Teal (Chuck) Sexton, both of Hillsboro; seven grandchildren; Bobbi (Jarrod) Bloomfield, Kelley Hetzel, Brandon (Mistey) Vance, Chad (Nicole) Chambers, Robert (Blanca) Chambers, Ryan (Ashley) Sexton and Kaelee Lowe; 16 great-grandchildren, Reece and Deegen Bloomfield, Lane, Lexey, Lance and Logan Hetzel, Logan (Taylor) Burchett and Baylee Carey, Weiland, Jaggar and Isla Chambers, Oren Brice Chambers, Austin and Brooklyn Sexton and Bentlee and Emersyn Lowe; two great-great-grandchildren, Oliver Ritt and Letty Burchett; two sisters-in-law, Janice Ferguson and Bonnie Bristle; and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, Amy was preceded in death by her husband, Robert “Bob” Chambers; son, Doug Chambers; brother, Kelley Dean Ferguson; two brothers-in-law, Richard Chambers and James Chambers Jr.; three sisters-in-law, Adrienne Gaffin, Mary Black and Betty Fender; and a special niece, Cheri Brofft.
Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020 at Rhoads-Edgington Funeral Home, 138 E. Main St. Hillsboro. Interment will follow in the New Market Baptist Cemetery.
Friends will be received at the funeral home on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020 from 6-8 p.m.
Contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association; Greater Cincinnati Chapter, 644 Linn St., Suite 1026, Cincinnati, Ohio 45203; or American Diabetes Association, Cincinnati Office, 4555 Lake Forest Dr., Suite 396, Cincinnati, Ohio 45242.
To sign the online guest book, go to edgingtonfuneralhomes.com.