Vega Eleanor Chambers^{[1, 2]}

1913 - 2003  (90 years)

• Name	Vega Eleanor Chambers
  Born	6 Feb 1913	Chambers Creek, Swain County, North Carolina
  Gender	Female
  Died	1 Apr 2003	Medford, Oregon   [3, 4]
  Buried	Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery, Medford, Jackson County, Oregon   [5]
  Person ID	I53281	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	27 May 2013

  
  

  Father	James Phillip Chambers,   b. 26 Dec 1885, Swain County, North Carolina ,   d. 30 Apr 1957, Blount County, Tennessee  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Zora Melvina Collins,   b. 22 Jun 1887, Swain County, North Carolina ,   d. 14 Jan 1972, Blount County, Tennessee  (Age 84 years)
  Married	Abt 1906
  Family ID	F78699	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	John Theodore Burns,   b. 26 Sep 1910, Blount County, Tennessee ,   d. 4 Nov 2000, Medford, Oregon  (Age 90 years)
  Married	5 May 1940	Blount County, Tennessee
  Children	1. Dr. John Theodore Burns, Jr.   2. Rev. William Frederick "Rick" Burns + 3. David L. Burns,   b. 3 Sep 1944, Blount County, Tennessee  (Age 80 years)   4. Margaret Jane Burns
  Family ID	F19566	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Married - 5 May 1940 - Blount County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  ---------- Reference: Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 5 Mar 2006. Elsa chambers Dykes obituary [S84] E-Mail, Jacqueline Burns [Jacque20@centurylink.net], 22 May 2013. [S1] U. S. Social Security Death Index, 541-32-6155. Issued in Oregon [S142] Newspaper Article, The Oregonian (Portland, OR), 4 Apr 2003. A memorial service will be at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, April 5, 2003, in First Presbyterian Church in Central Point for Vega Eleanor Burns, who died April 1 at age 90. Vega Chambers was born Feb. 6, 1913, in Chambers Creek, N.C. She was a registered nurse for the Roseburg VA Hospital and later for the VA Domiciliary in White City before moving in 1998 to Portland. In 1940, she married John T.; he died in 2000. Survivors include her sons, Dr. John, the Rev. Rick and Dave; daughter, Jane Firestone; sisters, Elsa Dykes and Marion Harrison; eight grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Remembrances to the church. Arrangements by Heritage. [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 109635188).