Susie Chambers

Susie Marshall Chambers was born March 8, 1910 in Phoenix, Virginia, the third oldest child of the five children of Sam and Clara Marshall. She departed from this life on Wednesday, March 5, 2003, just three days before her 93rd birthday in Yelm, Washington. She had survived all of her siblings.Susie came to Baltimore as a child and attended Baltimore City Public Schools. As soon as she became eligible to work, she secured a job to assist the family financially. One of her earliest jobs was with the Bugle Laundry. At one time, she and her sister, Robena operated a family restaurant in East Baltimore. Later she used her culinary and domestic skills as she worked for various families. The last of these families was the Pleets family for whom she worked until retirement. Se became their counselor and confidant. Even after her retirement, the Pleets family communicated with her annually.In 1927 she married Tilton Chambers who departed from this life in 1946. To this union two sons were born Thomas and Robert. Robert preceded her in death.In 1937 when the Marshall family left Fountain Baptist Church and accompanied Rev. William D. White to Abyssinia Baptist Church, Susie immediately joined the Usher Board where she served devotedly and faithfully until her health prohibited her from being on active duty. She love Concord Baptist Church of which she was a charter member and loved her Usher Board whose continuous love and support she appreciated and cherished.God blessed Susie with great culinary. She loved to cook and shared food with family, friends, and neighbors. She enjoyed people, and everyone who visited her home usually left with a bag with something good to eat. In addition to loving to cook, she enjoyed tending her numerous plants and flowers.She lived in her home on N. Central Avenue for over sixty-five years before moving to the state of Washington to live with her granddaughter. All the neighbors, adults and children, knew and respected “Miss Susie”. She was a caring person and would assist others in any way she could. She knew the Lord and put her trust in Him.She leaves to cherish her memory: a son, Thomas Chambers, daughter-in-law, Angelina Chambers; granddaughter, Joanne Chambers of Yelm, Washington; grandson, Robert Chambers; a great-grandson, Clark Harrison of Lacey, Washington; three great-granddaughters, three great-great-grandchildren; a niece, Shirley T. Hill; a host of other relatives and friends. She was affectionately “Grandma” to Doreen and Catherine Keene, Lelia Chaney, and Carolyn and Charles Eddington, who will also cherish her memory.

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Susie Chambers

March 8, 1910 - March 5, 2003