Mrs. Tommie Chalker, age 89, of Sandersville, passed away on Monday, August 23, 2021 at the Washington County Regional Medical Center. A funeral service will be held on Friday, August 27th at 2:00 P.M. at the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Zeta Cemetery in Tennille. Reverend Lee Lacey will officiate. The family will receive friends on Friday from 1:00 P.M. until the hour of service at the Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be Keith Brooking, William Ingram, Hamilton Jones, Dean Robertson, Don Robertson, and Chris Rogers.
Mrs. Chalker was born and reared in Washington County, the daughter of the late John Thomas Duggan and the late Callie Belle Logue Duggan. She was the wife of the late Calvin Chalker. For many years, they lived in Homestead, Florida, where they would raise their children. The two opened, owned, and operated Calvin Chalker Paving. Mrs. Chalker spent her working career managing the business office. She was active in her community as a member of the Woman’s Club of Homestead and the local Community Concert and Theatre Association. Mrs. Chalker loved to garden, especially growing orchids. She was an active member of the First Baptist Church of Homestead. Following the passing of her second husband, Edwin Elton, Mrs. Chalker returned to her childhood home in Georgia to be near family. She continued her passion for gardening and became a member of First Baptist Church of Sandersville. Mrs. Chalker cherished her role as a mentor to the many younger women in her life.
Survivors include her children, Donna Chalker Ingram and her husband William and David Stanley Chalker and his wife Kim, all of Homestead, Florida; grandchildren, Holly Brooking, Brad Ingram, Heather Jones, Ashley Torbert, and Tyler Chalker; nine great-grandchildren; and siblings, Mable D. Turner and John Duggan and his wife Barbara, all of Tennille, and Callie D. Sullivan and her husband Butch of Sandersville.
Donations may be made to the St. Jude Children’s Hospital, P.O. Box 1000 Dept. 142, Memphis, Tennessee 38148 or to the charity of the donor’s choice.
Online condolence may be expressed at mayandsmithfuneraldirectors.com.
May and Smith Funeral Directors of Sandersville is in charge of these arrangements.