Rye was the son of William Robert ("Rob") Chessor and Mattie Benjamin Chandler.
Rye was my great-uncle, and I remember him with much fondness. He was always very friendly and called all the girls "Trixie." I think he would hang out in front of the county courthouse, as many of the men folk used to do, playing checkers, whittling, and what not. If I remember correctly, he was a mason by trade. He built the pavilion at Chessor Cemetery as well as the brick wall surrounding the main burial ground and the brick entrance gate. I can remember going to his funeral and hating to see the casket closed. I can also remember my parents inheriting or somehow obtaining the black lunch box that he would take to work with him. Inside it he had some tools, one of which was a level that he kept in a small, metal Doan's aspirin bottle. I have heard that he was an excellent card player and that riding in a car would always put him fast to sleep.
Rye was a veteran of World War II. He was engaged when he left for the war, but when he returned his fiance had married another man. Rye never married.
Rye was my great-uncle, and I remember him with much fondness. He was always very friendly and called all the girls "Trixie." I think he would hang out in front of the county courthouse, as many of the men folk used to do, playing checkers, whittling, and what not. If I remember correctly, he was a mason by trade. He built the pavilion at Chessor Cemetery as well as the brick wall surrounding the main burial ground and the brick entrance gate. I can remember going to his funeral and hating to see the casket closed. I can also remember my parents inheriting or somehow obtaining the black lunch box that he would take to work with him. Inside it he had some tools, one of which was a level that he kept in a small, metal Doan's aspirin bottle. I have heard that he was an excellent card player and that riding in a car would always put him fast to sleep.
Rye was a veteran of World War II. He was engaged when he left for the war, but when he returned his fiance had married another man. Rye never married.
Rye was the son of William Robert ("Rob") Chessor and Mattie Benjamin Chandler.
Rye was my great-uncle, and I remember him with much fondness. He was always very friendly and called all the girls "Trixie." I think he would hang out in front of the county courthouse, as many of the men folk used to do, playing checkers, whittling, and what not. If I remember correctly, he was a mason by trade. He built the pavilion at Chessor Cemetery as well as the brick wall surrounding the main burial ground and the brick entrance gate. I can remember going to his funeral and hating to see the casket closed. I can also remember my parents inheriting or somehow obtaining the black lunch box that he would take to work with him. Inside it he had some tools, one of which was a level that he kept in a small, metal Doan's aspirin bottle. I have heard that he was an excellent card player and that riding in a car would always put him fast to sleep.
Rye was a veteran of World War II. He was engaged when he left for the war, but when he returned his fiance had married another man. Rye never married.
Rye was my great-uncle, and I remember him with much fondness. He was always very friendly and called all the girls "Trixie." I think he would hang out in front of the county courthouse, as many of the men folk used to do, playing checkers, whittling, and what not. If I remember correctly, he was a mason by trade. He built the pavilion at Chessor Cemetery as well as the brick wall surrounding the main burial ground and the brick entrance gate. I can remember going to his funeral and hating to see the casket closed. I can also remember my parents inheriting or somehow obtaining the black lunch box that he would take to work with him. Inside it he had some tools, one of which was a level that he kept in a small, metal Doan's aspirin bottle. I have heard that he was an excellent card player and that riding in a car would always put him fast to sleep.
Rye was a veteran of World War II. He was engaged when he left for the war, but when he returned his fiance had married another man. Rye never married.
Inscription
Headstone:
Samuel Rye
CHESSOR
Nov. 28, 1916
July 30, 1977
Friend of All
Footstone:
Samuel Rye Chessor
Cpl US Army
World War II
Gravesite Details
Buried next to parents and his brother, Walter.
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