Marie Chambers, age 85, of Longview, formerly of Gatesville passed away Thursday, March 14, 2013 due to a very long illness. She was cared for by her husband, family and many loving angels at Summer Meadows and HeartsWay Hospice. Funeral services were held at 3:30P.M., Saturday, March 16, 2013 at Scott’s Funeral Home Chapel. Burial followed at Restland Cemetery.

Elva Marie (Pafford) Chambers was born March 25, 1927 in San Saba, Texas.

Marie was preceded in death by her parents, Raymond Pafford and Naomi Clark Pafford; several brothers and sisters; and her loving daughter, Judy Blair, of Dallas in 1996.

Marie is leaving behind her husband, Charles Weldon Chambers of Longview (formerly of Gatesville, TX); daughter and son-in-law, Lynda and Kenneth Hargrove of Longview TX; step-daughter, Brenda and Wesley Williams of Mineral Wells; step-son, George Chambers of Hamilton, TX; sister, Patricia Alsip of Robinson, TX; brothers, Richard Pafford of Turnersville, TX and Bobby Ray Pafford of Ft. Worth, TX; and family and friends of Gatesville and San Saba, TX. She will be missed by many, but such a great loss to her loving grandchildren, Shannon & Daniel Smith of Whitehouse, TX, Chad and Jacki Hargrove of Kilgore, TX and Great Grandchildren Samuel, Joshua, Rachel, Abby and Brayden.