Virginia Chesser

JEFFERSON – Virginia T. Chesser, 85, died Thursday, October 14, 2010.

Born on February 17, 1925, in Damascus, she was the daughter of the late Hosie Lee and Mattie Lee Jones Tatum. She graduated from the John Marshal University in 1969 and was an attorney at law. She taught Sunday School for 28 years at Mt. Tabor Baptist Church in Norcross and was a member of the WMU. Mrs. Chesser was preceded in death by her husband, Claude Chesser Sr.; sons, Lowell Lee Williams, Robert Daniel Williams and Claude Chesser Jr.

Survivors include a daughter, Julia Chesser Smith, Jefferson; son and daughter-in-law, Paul Raymond and Carrie Chesser, Jefferson; brother, Ferrell Tatum, Damascus; 11 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held Sunday, October 17, in the chapel of Evans Funeral Home with the Rev. Arlene Smith officiating. Burial was in the Hog Mountain Baptist Church Cemetery in Dacula.

Evans Funeral Home, Jefferson, was in charge of arrangements.