Chester Bryan Atchley June 1, 1923 - February 21, 2011 Age: 87 Greensburg, Indiana

Date of Death: Monday, February 21, 2011 at 9:35 p.m.
Place of Death: Decatur County Memorial Hospital
Date of Birth: June 1, 1923
Place of Birth: Columbia, Kentucky

Date of Funeral: Friday, February 25, 2011 at 2:00 p.m.
Place: Bass & Gasper Funeral Home at Westport
Officiating: Rev. Austin Ball and Pastor Jeff Floyd
Place of Burial: Mt. Aerie Cemetery
Visitation: Friends and family may call at the Bass & Gasper Funeral Home on Thursday, February 24, 2011 from 4:00 until 8:00 p.m.

Parents: Milton Bryan and Nellie B. (Sullivan) Atchley

HISTORY:

Residential: He was born in Columbia, Kentucky.  He moved to Illinois for 9 years.  He moved back to Kentucky in 1932. 
                      He lived in Burgin, Kentucky from 1945 until 1953.  He moved to Hartsville in 1953 and to Westport in 1954. 
                      He then moved to Letts in 1957

Occupation: He had retired in 1986 from Scripture Brothers Chrysler Plymonth-Dodge at Greensburg. 

                      He also had worked for Kocher Ford and Don Meyer Ford at Greensburg and Mahan Ford at Columbus.

                      He also served as pastor with Separate Baptist Churches at Rodney, Haw Patch, Bloomington, Bethel and Holton.

Memberships: He was a member of the Central Indiana Association of Separate Baptist Churches since 1954.

Hobbies: He enjoyed working on cars, horses, watching and feeding birds and preaching the word of God.

Married to: Sarah Lou McQuear
       Place: Columbia, Kentucky
        Date: December 30, 1944

SURVIVORS:

Wife - Sarah Lou Atchley - Greensburg, Indiana

3 Daughters - Betty Lou Floyd - Martinsville, Indiana

                         Judy Gale (Jerry) Shoopman - Greensburg, Indiana

                         Angela Sue (Rocky) Turley - Greensburg, Indiana

2 Sons - Gary Chester (Ruth) Atchley - Greensburg, Indiana

                Daniel Lee (Jan) Atchley - Greensburg, Indiana

2 Sisters - Opal Gentry - Westport, Indiana

                   Lois Jean (Charles) Tichenor - Westport, Indiana

3 Brothers - Joseph Q. (Marty) Atchley - Fort Wayne, Indiana

                     Dwayne D. (Vermalene) Atchley - Greensburg, Indiana

                     Millard (Connie) Atchley - Westport, Indiana

9 Grandchildren

18 Great Grandchildren

Preceded in death by: Parents

                                          1 Sister – Alma Eads

                                          1 Brother – Emmet Dale Atchley
 

         Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association through the funeral home.

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