Colonel John Chapple Chandler Jr.,U.S. Marine Corps (Retired), died February 17, 2006, in Carrollton, Georgia, following an extended illness.
Chap was born March 20, 1929, in Millen, Georgia, to John Abner Chapple Chandler and Emmie Harris Chandler, both deceased.
As a young man Chap distinguished himself as an Eagle Scout, a three sport athlete and a single wing quarterback of the Class C State Championship Football team at Millen High School. He graduated as Salutatorian of his class in 1946 and entered Georgia Tech on the Co-Op Plan, working alternately at Savannah Power & Light Company. At Tech, Chap was an officer in Phi Delta Theta fraternity and on the Student Council. He graduated with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering.
Upon graduation, having completed the Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marines. He served on active duty during the Korean War and was in an artillery company stationed along the Imjin River. Chap went on to proudley serve in the Marine Corps Reserve for a total of 37 years achieving the rank of Colonel. His final command was as the Executive Officer of the 6th Motor Transport Division in Atlanta, Georgia. He was awarded the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defence Service Medal and received the Navy Commendation Medal in 1975.
After his return from Korea he worked a short time at Washington County EMC as an engineer before joinging Southern Engineering Company in Atlanta. In 1962, Chap accepted an opportunity to join Roy Richards at his fledgling Southwire Company. Chap spent the next 24 years of his life helping Richards build Southwire into a billion dollar global company. His duties there led him to travel to over 100 countries around the world and he was a master of building relationships across cultural, language and political lines. From 1968, Chap led Southwire's entrance into aluminum production and was the first president of National-Southwire Aluminum Company in Hawesville, Kentucky. Though he commuted there most weeks and traveled the world he remained a Carrollton resident. He finished his career at Southwire as Executive Vice President, Primary Aluminum Engineering & Operations.
In 1983, Chap formed Continental Concepts, Inc. with his son, Cary, and he became its CEO in 1986. CCI was an international export trading company and consultancy that kept him busy in the Middle East, Far East, and Europe for the next decade. After a brief retirement, Chap joined Duffey Realty in Carrollton, where he became co-owner and managing broker. By the time he retired in 2003 due to failing health, he had helped build Duffey into the largest real estate brokerage in Carroll County and was the individual top sales producer in the area.
Chap was a life member of the National Rifle Association, the Marine Corps Retired Officers Association, the Carrollton Athletic Booster Club, the West Metro Board of Realtors, past Board Member of the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce and was past president of Sunset Hills Country Club. For Georgia Tech, he served on the Athletic Board and the Board of the Alexander Tharpe Fund.
Chap was a member of Carrollton First United Methodist Church and was a member of the Believers Class. He was past president and song leader of the Men's Bible Class. His faith was strong, his victory assured.
Chap is survived by his devoted wife of 51 years, Mary Miller Chandler; two sons, John Chapple Chandler III (Lisa Chipper Tyler Ashley) of Melbourne, Florida, and Cary Scott Chandler Sr. (Suzanne Mary Lawrence, Chapple, Scott and Betsy) of Carrollton; and one sister, Emily Chandler Adams of Elberton, Georgia.
Funeral services will be Tuesday, February 21, 2006, at 2 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church with Dr. Wes Griffin officiating. Pallbears will be Tommy Green, Thompson Lewis, Dale Johnson, Jeff Creel, Lynn Gable and Curtis North. Honorary pallbearers will be James Duffey, Gordon Johnson, Theron Jennings, John Henderson, John Burson, M.D., Tom Smith, Tom Richards, Tommy Vance, Helge Forberg, Robert Duggan, David Lee Cook and Charlie Rouse, M.D.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home Monday from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m.
Almon Funeral Home Carrollton
Times-Georgian Sunday, February 19, 2006.
Chap was born March 20, 1929, in Millen, Georgia, to John Abner Chapple Chandler and Emmie Harris Chandler, both deceased.
As a young man Chap distinguished himself as an Eagle Scout, a three sport athlete and a single wing quarterback of the Class C State Championship Football team at Millen High School. He graduated as Salutatorian of his class in 1946 and entered Georgia Tech on the Co-Op Plan, working alternately at Savannah Power & Light Company. At Tech, Chap was an officer in Phi Delta Theta fraternity and on the Student Council. He graduated with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering.
Upon graduation, having completed the Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marines. He served on active duty during the Korean War and was in an artillery company stationed along the Imjin River. Chap went on to proudley serve in the Marine Corps Reserve for a total of 37 years achieving the rank of Colonel. His final command was as the Executive Officer of the 6th Motor Transport Division in Atlanta, Georgia. He was awarded the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defence Service Medal and received the Navy Commendation Medal in 1975.
After his return from Korea he worked a short time at Washington County EMC as an engineer before joinging Southern Engineering Company in Atlanta. In 1962, Chap accepted an opportunity to join Roy Richards at his fledgling Southwire Company. Chap spent the next 24 years of his life helping Richards build Southwire into a billion dollar global company. His duties there led him to travel to over 100 countries around the world and he was a master of building relationships across cultural, language and political lines. From 1968, Chap led Southwire's entrance into aluminum production and was the first president of National-Southwire Aluminum Company in Hawesville, Kentucky. Though he commuted there most weeks and traveled the world he remained a Carrollton resident. He finished his career at Southwire as Executive Vice President, Primary Aluminum Engineering & Operations.
In 1983, Chap formed Continental Concepts, Inc. with his son, Cary, and he became its CEO in 1986. CCI was an international export trading company and consultancy that kept him busy in the Middle East, Far East, and Europe for the next decade. After a brief retirement, Chap joined Duffey Realty in Carrollton, where he became co-owner and managing broker. By the time he retired in 2003 due to failing health, he had helped build Duffey into the largest real estate brokerage in Carroll County and was the individual top sales producer in the area.
Chap was a life member of the National Rifle Association, the Marine Corps Retired Officers Association, the Carrollton Athletic Booster Club, the West Metro Board of Realtors, past Board Member of the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce and was past president of Sunset Hills Country Club. For Georgia Tech, he served on the Athletic Board and the Board of the Alexander Tharpe Fund.
Chap was a member of Carrollton First United Methodist Church and was a member of the Believers Class. He was past president and song leader of the Men's Bible Class. His faith was strong, his victory assured.
Chap is survived by his devoted wife of 51 years, Mary Miller Chandler; two sons, John Chapple Chandler III (Lisa Chipper Tyler Ashley) of Melbourne, Florida, and Cary Scott Chandler Sr. (Suzanne Mary Lawrence, Chapple, Scott and Betsy) of Carrollton; and one sister, Emily Chandler Adams of Elberton, Georgia.
Funeral services will be Tuesday, February 21, 2006, at 2 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church with Dr. Wes Griffin officiating. Pallbears will be Tommy Green, Thompson Lewis, Dale Johnson, Jeff Creel, Lynn Gable and Curtis North. Honorary pallbearers will be James Duffey, Gordon Johnson, Theron Jennings, John Henderson, John Burson, M.D., Tom Smith, Tom Richards, Tommy Vance, Helge Forberg, Robert Duggan, David Lee Cook and Charlie Rouse, M.D.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home Monday from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m.
Almon Funeral Home Carrollton
Times-Georgian Sunday, February 19, 2006.
Colonel John Chapple Chandler Jr.,U.S. Marine Corps (Retired), died February 17, 2006, in Carrollton, Georgia, following an extended illness.
Chap was born March 20, 1929, in Millen, Georgia, to John Abner Chapple Chandler and Emmie Harris Chandler, both deceased.
As a young man Chap distinguished himself as an Eagle Scout, a three sport athlete and a single wing quarterback of the Class C State Championship Football team at Millen High School. He graduated as Salutatorian of his class in 1946 and entered Georgia Tech on the Co-Op Plan, working alternately at Savannah Power & Light Company. At Tech, Chap was an officer in Phi Delta Theta fraternity and on the Student Council. He graduated with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering.
Upon graduation, having completed the Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marines. He served on active duty during the Korean War and was in an artillery company stationed along the Imjin River. Chap went on to proudley serve in the Marine Corps Reserve for a total of 37 years achieving the rank of Colonel. His final command was as the Executive Officer of the 6th Motor Transport Division in Atlanta, Georgia. He was awarded the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defence Service Medal and received the Navy Commendation Medal in 1975.
After his return from Korea he worked a short time at Washington County EMC as an engineer before joinging Southern Engineering Company in Atlanta. In 1962, Chap accepted an opportunity to join Roy Richards at his fledgling Southwire Company. Chap spent the next 24 years of his life helping Richards build Southwire into a billion dollar global company. His duties there led him to travel to over 100 countries around the world and he was a master of building relationships across cultural, language and political lines. From 1968, Chap led Southwire's entrance into aluminum production and was the first president of National-Southwire Aluminum Company in Hawesville, Kentucky. Though he commuted there most weeks and traveled the world he remained a Carrollton resident. He finished his career at Southwire as Executive Vice President, Primary Aluminum Engineering & Operations.
In 1983, Chap formed Continental Concepts, Inc. with his son, Cary, and he became its CEO in 1986. CCI was an international export trading company and consultancy that kept him busy in the Middle East, Far East, and Europe for the next decade. After a brief retirement, Chap joined Duffey Realty in Carrollton, where he became co-owner and managing broker. By the time he retired in 2003 due to failing health, he had helped build Duffey into the largest real estate brokerage in Carroll County and was the individual top sales producer in the area.
Chap was a life member of the National Rifle Association, the Marine Corps Retired Officers Association, the Carrollton Athletic Booster Club, the West Metro Board of Realtors, past Board Member of the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce and was past president of Sunset Hills Country Club. For Georgia Tech, he served on the Athletic Board and the Board of the Alexander Tharpe Fund.
Chap was a member of Carrollton First United Methodist Church and was a member of the Believers Class. He was past president and song leader of the Men's Bible Class. His faith was strong, his victory assured.
Chap is survived by his devoted wife of 51 years, Mary Miller Chandler; two sons, John Chapple Chandler III (Lisa Chipper Tyler Ashley) of Melbourne, Florida, and Cary Scott Chandler Sr. (Suzanne Mary Lawrence, Chapple, Scott and Betsy) of Carrollton; and one sister, Emily Chandler Adams of Elberton, Georgia.
Funeral services will be Tuesday, February 21, 2006, at 2 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church with Dr. Wes Griffin officiating. Pallbears will be Tommy Green, Thompson Lewis, Dale Johnson, Jeff Creel, Lynn Gable and Curtis North. Honorary pallbearers will be James Duffey, Gordon Johnson, Theron Jennings, John Henderson, John Burson, M.D., Tom Smith, Tom Richards, Tommy Vance, Helge Forberg, Robert Duggan, David Lee Cook and Charlie Rouse, M.D.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home Monday from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m.
Almon Funeral Home Carrollton
Times-Georgian Sunday, February 19, 2006.
Chap was born March 20, 1929, in Millen, Georgia, to John Abner Chapple Chandler and Emmie Harris Chandler, both deceased.
As a young man Chap distinguished himself as an Eagle Scout, a three sport athlete and a single wing quarterback of the Class C State Championship Football team at Millen High School. He graduated as Salutatorian of his class in 1946 and entered Georgia Tech on the Co-Op Plan, working alternately at Savannah Power & Light Company. At Tech, Chap was an officer in Phi Delta Theta fraternity and on the Student Council. He graduated with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering.
Upon graduation, having completed the Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marines. He served on active duty during the Korean War and was in an artillery company stationed along the Imjin River. Chap went on to proudley serve in the Marine Corps Reserve for a total of 37 years achieving the rank of Colonel. His final command was as the Executive Officer of the 6th Motor Transport Division in Atlanta, Georgia. He was awarded the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defence Service Medal and received the Navy Commendation Medal in 1975.
After his return from Korea he worked a short time at Washington County EMC as an engineer before joinging Southern Engineering Company in Atlanta. In 1962, Chap accepted an opportunity to join Roy Richards at his fledgling Southwire Company. Chap spent the next 24 years of his life helping Richards build Southwire into a billion dollar global company. His duties there led him to travel to over 100 countries around the world and he was a master of building relationships across cultural, language and political lines. From 1968, Chap led Southwire's entrance into aluminum production and was the first president of National-Southwire Aluminum Company in Hawesville, Kentucky. Though he commuted there most weeks and traveled the world he remained a Carrollton resident. He finished his career at Southwire as Executive Vice President, Primary Aluminum Engineering & Operations.
In 1983, Chap formed Continental Concepts, Inc. with his son, Cary, and he became its CEO in 1986. CCI was an international export trading company and consultancy that kept him busy in the Middle East, Far East, and Europe for the next decade. After a brief retirement, Chap joined Duffey Realty in Carrollton, where he became co-owner and managing broker. By the time he retired in 2003 due to failing health, he had helped build Duffey into the largest real estate brokerage in Carroll County and was the individual top sales producer in the area.
Chap was a life member of the National Rifle Association, the Marine Corps Retired Officers Association, the Carrollton Athletic Booster Club, the West Metro Board of Realtors, past Board Member of the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce and was past president of Sunset Hills Country Club. For Georgia Tech, he served on the Athletic Board and the Board of the Alexander Tharpe Fund.
Chap was a member of Carrollton First United Methodist Church and was a member of the Believers Class. He was past president and song leader of the Men's Bible Class. His faith was strong, his victory assured.
Chap is survived by his devoted wife of 51 years, Mary Miller Chandler; two sons, John Chapple Chandler III (Lisa Chipper Tyler Ashley) of Melbourne, Florida, and Cary Scott Chandler Sr. (Suzanne Mary Lawrence, Chapple, Scott and Betsy) of Carrollton; and one sister, Emily Chandler Adams of Elberton, Georgia.
Funeral services will be Tuesday, February 21, 2006, at 2 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church with Dr. Wes Griffin officiating. Pallbears will be Tommy Green, Thompson Lewis, Dale Johnson, Jeff Creel, Lynn Gable and Curtis North. Honorary pallbearers will be James Duffey, Gordon Johnson, Theron Jennings, John Henderson, John Burson, M.D., Tom Smith, Tom Richards, Tommy Vance, Helge Forberg, Robert Duggan, David Lee Cook and Charlie Rouse, M.D.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home Monday from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m.
Almon Funeral Home Carrollton
Times-Georgian Sunday, February 19, 2006.
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