Gordon J Chalmers
United States Social Security Death Index
Age 76
Given Name Gordon
Middle Name J
Surname Chalmers
Birth Date 22 Jun 1925
State Tennessee
Last Place of Residence Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee
Previous Residence Postal Code 37919
Event Date 08 Jan 2001A memorial service has been scheduled on Thursday evening for former Greeneville industrial leader Gordon James Chalmers, 75, of Knoxville, who died Monday at his home there.
The service will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday at St. John's Episcopal Cathedral in Knoxville, where Mr. Chalmers had lived since the mid-1980s.
He lived in Greeneville briefly in the late 1950s and again in the 1960s and 1970s when he was associated with what was then Huyck Formex Division, now Weavexx. For several of those years he was vice president and general manager of the division.
After living several years in Raleigh, N.C., in the 1970s, he returned to Greeneville in 1981 and resided here until the mid-1980s.
The Very Rev. John C. Ross will officiate at the service. Afterwards, the family will receive friends in the Great Hall at St. John's Cathedral.
Although Mr. Chalmers had lived in Knoxville for a number of years, he had many friends in Greeneville, continued to maintain a variety of ties here, and was a frequent visitor.
Both during his years in Greeneville and after he moved to Knoxville, he took an active role in church and civic life in addition to his business-related responsibilities.
He was an active member and lay leader at St. James Episcopal Church here and had been similarly active at St. John's Cathedral, where he had recently been elected to the vestry, or church board, by the congregation.
A lay reader there, he was also active in the Brotherhood of St. Andrew at St. John's. In addition, he attended Bible Study Fellowship.
Mr. Chalmers had a close and longstanding relationship with Tusculum College, where he was first elected to the Board of Trustees in 1971.
In 1995, he was honored by the college with its Distinguished Service Award.
At that time the college noted that over the years he had "served with distinction" in a variety of leadership roles including chairman, secretary, and treasurer of the Board of Trustees, and as chairman or member of various Board committees.
In honor of his "long and distinguished service to the Board," he was elected a Life Trustee of Tusculum College in 1989.
Then, in what the college called "an unprecedented move," at the February 1995 meeting of the Board, the Tusculum trustees suspended his Life Trusteeship and re-elected him as a regular member "in recognition of his continuing leadership."
In the college's $10 million Bicentennial Campaign, Mr. Chalmers served as a member of the Steering Committee and, as tangible evidence of his commitment to the institution, made a leadership level gift to the capital campaign.
The Chalmers Conference Center in the Niswonger Commons building at Tusculum is named in his honor.
In a written statement to The Greeneville Sun on Tuesday, Tusculum President Dolph Henry said that "We at Tusculum College have lost one of our dearest friends.
"It was always a bright moment whenever Gordon visited the campus, and it is hard to conceive of not seeing him again.
"His record of service to Tusculum was exemplary. At the time of his death he was not only a Life Trustee of Tusculum College but also one of our longest-term sitting board members.
"I think I can safely say that everyone here at Tusculum who knew Gordon is in great sorrow today.
"It's appropriate that his name will live on in the Chalmers Conference Center in our Niswonger Commons building."
Business Career
A native of Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada, and a naturalized American citizen, Mr. Chalmers was educated at Mount Allison University, of Sackville, New Brunswick, and McGill University, of Montreal, Quebec, where he received a bachelor of engineering degree in mechanical engineering in 1947.
His business career included service with the Spruce Falls Power & Paper Company in Kapaskasing, Ontario, and then with Ross Engineering of Canada, first in Thunder Bay and then in Montreal as Sales Manager.
He joined Huyck Corporation in 1958 and went on to serve in senior-level positions in both Canada and the United States.
He came to Greeneville in 1958 with Huyck's Formex Division, which was located here.
In 1959 he returned to Montreal, Canada, to organize Formex Company of Canada for the manufacture and sale of Formex forming fabric to the Canadian paper industry.
He was appointed vice president and general manager of Formex Company of Canada in 1960 and moved to Kentville, Nova Scotia, in 1961, where the new Formex Company of Canada plant was opened.
In 1965 he returned to Greeneville, as marketing manager of the Huyck Formex Division; he was appointed vice president/marketing in 1967.
In 1969 he was named vice president and general manager of the division.
In the mid-1970s, when the corporate headquarters of Huyck Corporation was moved to Wake Forest, N.C., Mr. Chalmers moved to Raleigh, N.C., and served as a member of the corporate staff.
He became corporate vice president/marketing in 1974 and was named senior vice president/staff in 1975.
In 1981 he returned to Greeneville for a few years when he and two partners bought all assets of Huyck Process Systems in the U.S. and Canada and founded Enerdry Corporation. He retired as president and CEO of that company in 1989.
In retirement, Mr. Chalmers founded CER-WAT Corporation, a water filter company, and served as chairman of its board of directors.
He also served as president of BATHCAN, a Canadian property company, and president of WALGO Partners, a Knoxville property company.
He was a former member of the board of directors of Rolich Corporation of Greeneville.
Civic Role
During his years in Greeneville, Mr. Chalmers took an active role in community life.
He was a former chairman of the Nolachuckey District, Boy Scouts of America, and served as chairman of the United Way of Greene County in 1971 and United Way president in 1972.
He was also active in Knoxville civic life after his move to that city in the mid-1980s.
He was a member of the Advisory Board of the Knoxville Opera Company and was a supporter of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra.
He has also served as a member of the board of directors of the Knoxville Senior Citizens Home Assistance Association, as a member of the Advisory Board of the Appalachian Ballet Company, and as a member of the Knoxville Rotary Club.
Mr. Chalmers was a member of the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry and the Technical Association of the Canadian Pulp and Paper Industry.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Jane Harriet Chalmers in 1980.
Survivors include his widow: Willene Rush Chalmers; a son and daughter-in-law: James Gordon "Jay" and Eileen Chalmers of Murfreesboro; a daughter and son-in-law: Lucinda Ruttan "Cindy" and Kevin Pierce of Sanibel, Fla.; a stepdaughter and stepson-in-law: Susan Rush and Bruce Alan Ewing of Knoxville; four grandchildren: Grant Chalmers, Harry Chalmers, Jane Pierce and Chalmers Pierce; two stepgrandchildren: Dorian and Christopher Ewing; a brother: Kenneth Sinclair Chalmers of Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada; a sister: Margaret Howard of Montreal, Quebec, Canada; and many nieces, nephews, and great-nieces and great-nephews.
Memorial gifts may be sent to Tusculum College.
Arrangements are being coordinated by Rose Mortuary Mann Heritage Chapel, Knoxville.
United States Social Security Death Index
Age 76
Given Name Gordon
Middle Name J
Surname Chalmers
Birth Date 22 Jun 1925
State Tennessee
Last Place of Residence Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee
Previous Residence Postal Code 37919
Event Date 08 Jan 2001A memorial service has been scheduled on Thursday evening for former Greeneville industrial leader Gordon James Chalmers, 75, of Knoxville, who died Monday at his home there.
The service will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday at St. John's Episcopal Cathedral in Knoxville, where Mr. Chalmers had lived since the mid-1980s.
He lived in Greeneville briefly in the late 1950s and again in the 1960s and 1970s when he was associated with what was then Huyck Formex Division, now Weavexx. For several of those years he was vice president and general manager of the division.
After living several years in Raleigh, N.C., in the 1970s, he returned to Greeneville in 1981 and resided here until the mid-1980s.
The Very Rev. John C. Ross will officiate at the service. Afterwards, the family will receive friends in the Great Hall at St. John's Cathedral.
Although Mr. Chalmers had lived in Knoxville for a number of years, he had many friends in Greeneville, continued to maintain a variety of ties here, and was a frequent visitor.
Both during his years in Greeneville and after he moved to Knoxville, he took an active role in church and civic life in addition to his business-related responsibilities.
He was an active member and lay leader at St. James Episcopal Church here and had been similarly active at St. John's Cathedral, where he had recently been elected to the vestry, or church board, by the congregation.
A lay reader there, he was also active in the Brotherhood of St. Andrew at St. John's. In addition, he attended Bible Study Fellowship.
Mr. Chalmers had a close and longstanding relationship with Tusculum College, where he was first elected to the Board of Trustees in 1971.
In 1995, he was honored by the college with its Distinguished Service Award.
At that time the college noted that over the years he had "served with distinction" in a variety of leadership roles including chairman, secretary, and treasurer of the Board of Trustees, and as chairman or member of various Board committees.
In honor of his "long and distinguished service to the Board," he was elected a Life Trustee of Tusculum College in 1989.
Then, in what the college called "an unprecedented move," at the February 1995 meeting of the Board, the Tusculum trustees suspended his Life Trusteeship and re-elected him as a regular member "in recognition of his continuing leadership."
In the college's $10 million Bicentennial Campaign, Mr. Chalmers served as a member of the Steering Committee and, as tangible evidence of his commitment to the institution, made a leadership level gift to the capital campaign.
The Chalmers Conference Center in the Niswonger Commons building at Tusculum is named in his honor.
In a written statement to The Greeneville Sun on Tuesday, Tusculum President Dolph Henry said that "We at Tusculum College have lost one of our dearest friends.
"It was always a bright moment whenever Gordon visited the campus, and it is hard to conceive of not seeing him again.
"His record of service to Tusculum was exemplary. At the time of his death he was not only a Life Trustee of Tusculum College but also one of our longest-term sitting board members.
"I think I can safely say that everyone here at Tusculum who knew Gordon is in great sorrow today.
"It's appropriate that his name will live on in the Chalmers Conference Center in our Niswonger Commons building."
Business Career
A native of Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada, and a naturalized American citizen, Mr. Chalmers was educated at Mount Allison University, of Sackville, New Brunswick, and McGill University, of Montreal, Quebec, where he received a bachelor of engineering degree in mechanical engineering in 1947.
His business career included service with the Spruce Falls Power & Paper Company in Kapaskasing, Ontario, and then with Ross Engineering of Canada, first in Thunder Bay and then in Montreal as Sales Manager.
He joined Huyck Corporation in 1958 and went on to serve in senior-level positions in both Canada and the United States.
He came to Greeneville in 1958 with Huyck's Formex Division, which was located here.
In 1959 he returned to Montreal, Canada, to organize Formex Company of Canada for the manufacture and sale of Formex forming fabric to the Canadian paper industry.
He was appointed vice president and general manager of Formex Company of Canada in 1960 and moved to Kentville, Nova Scotia, in 1961, where the new Formex Company of Canada plant was opened.
In 1965 he returned to Greeneville, as marketing manager of the Huyck Formex Division; he was appointed vice president/marketing in 1967.
In 1969 he was named vice president and general manager of the division.
In the mid-1970s, when the corporate headquarters of Huyck Corporation was moved to Wake Forest, N.C., Mr. Chalmers moved to Raleigh, N.C., and served as a member of the corporate staff.
He became corporate vice president/marketing in 1974 and was named senior vice president/staff in 1975.
In 1981 he returned to Greeneville for a few years when he and two partners bought all assets of Huyck Process Systems in the U.S. and Canada and founded Enerdry Corporation. He retired as president and CEO of that company in 1989.
In retirement, Mr. Chalmers founded CER-WAT Corporation, a water filter company, and served as chairman of its board of directors.
He also served as president of BATHCAN, a Canadian property company, and president of WALGO Partners, a Knoxville property company.
He was a former member of the board of directors of Rolich Corporation of Greeneville.
Civic Role
During his years in Greeneville, Mr. Chalmers took an active role in community life.
He was a former chairman of the Nolachuckey District, Boy Scouts of America, and served as chairman of the United Way of Greene County in 1971 and United Way president in 1972.
He was also active in Knoxville civic life after his move to that city in the mid-1980s.
He was a member of the Advisory Board of the Knoxville Opera Company and was a supporter of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra.
He has also served as a member of the board of directors of the Knoxville Senior Citizens Home Assistance Association, as a member of the Advisory Board of the Appalachian Ballet Company, and as a member of the Knoxville Rotary Club.
Mr. Chalmers was a member of the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry and the Technical Association of the Canadian Pulp and Paper Industry.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Jane Harriet Chalmers in 1980.
Survivors include his widow: Willene Rush Chalmers; a son and daughter-in-law: James Gordon "Jay" and Eileen Chalmers of Murfreesboro; a daughter and son-in-law: Lucinda Ruttan "Cindy" and Kevin Pierce of Sanibel, Fla.; a stepdaughter and stepson-in-law: Susan Rush and Bruce Alan Ewing of Knoxville; four grandchildren: Grant Chalmers, Harry Chalmers, Jane Pierce and Chalmers Pierce; two stepgrandchildren: Dorian and Christopher Ewing; a brother: Kenneth Sinclair Chalmers of Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada; a sister: Margaret Howard of Montreal, Quebec, Canada; and many nieces, nephews, and great-nieces and great-nephews.
Memorial gifts may be sent to Tusculum College.
Arrangements are being coordinated by Rose Mortuary Mann Heritage Chapel, Knoxville.
Gordon J Chalmers
United States Social Security Death Index
Age 76
Given Name Gordon
Middle Name J
Surname Chalmers
Birth Date 22 Jun 1925
State Tennessee
Last Place of Residence Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee
Previous Residence Postal Code 37919
Event Date 08 Jan 2001A memorial service has been scheduled on Thursday evening for former Greeneville industrial leader Gordon James Chalmers, 75, of Knoxville, who died Monday at his home there.
The service will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday at St. John's Episcopal Cathedral in Knoxville, where Mr. Chalmers had lived since the mid-1980s.
He lived in Greeneville briefly in the late 1950s and again in the 1960s and 1970s when he was associated with what was then Huyck Formex Division, now Weavexx. For several of those years he was vice president and general manager of the division.
After living several years in Raleigh, N.C., in the 1970s, he returned to Greeneville in 1981 and resided here until the mid-1980s.
The Very Rev. John C. Ross will officiate at the service. Afterwards, the family will receive friends in the Great Hall at St. John's Cathedral.
Although Mr. Chalmers had lived in Knoxville for a number of years, he had many friends in Greeneville, continued to maintain a variety of ties here, and was a frequent visitor.
Both during his years in Greeneville and after he moved to Knoxville, he took an active role in church and civic life in addition to his business-related responsibilities.
He was an active member and lay leader at St. James Episcopal Church here and had been similarly active at St. John's Cathedral, where he had recently been elected to the vestry, or church board, by the congregation.
A lay reader there, he was also active in the Brotherhood of St. Andrew at St. John's. In addition, he attended Bible Study Fellowship.
Mr. Chalmers had a close and longstanding relationship with Tusculum College, where he was first elected to the Board of Trustees in 1971.
In 1995, he was honored by the college with its Distinguished Service Award.
At that time the college noted that over the years he had "served with distinction" in a variety of leadership roles including chairman, secretary, and treasurer of the Board of Trustees, and as chairman or member of various Board committees.
In honor of his "long and distinguished service to the Board," he was elected a Life Trustee of Tusculum College in 1989.
Then, in what the college called "an unprecedented move," at the February 1995 meeting of the Board, the Tusculum trustees suspended his Life Trusteeship and re-elected him as a regular member "in recognition of his continuing leadership."
In the college's $10 million Bicentennial Campaign, Mr. Chalmers served as a member of the Steering Committee and, as tangible evidence of his commitment to the institution, made a leadership level gift to the capital campaign.
The Chalmers Conference Center in the Niswonger Commons building at Tusculum is named in his honor.
In a written statement to The Greeneville Sun on Tuesday, Tusculum President Dolph Henry said that "We at Tusculum College have lost one of our dearest friends.
"It was always a bright moment whenever Gordon visited the campus, and it is hard to conceive of not seeing him again.
"His record of service to Tusculum was exemplary. At the time of his death he was not only a Life Trustee of Tusculum College but also one of our longest-term sitting board members.
"I think I can safely say that everyone here at Tusculum who knew Gordon is in great sorrow today.
"It's appropriate that his name will live on in the Chalmers Conference Center in our Niswonger Commons building."
Business Career
A native of Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada, and a naturalized American citizen, Mr. Chalmers was educated at Mount Allison University, of Sackville, New Brunswick, and McGill University, of Montreal, Quebec, where he received a bachelor of engineering degree in mechanical engineering in 1947.
His business career included service with the Spruce Falls Power & Paper Company in Kapaskasing, Ontario, and then with Ross Engineering of Canada, first in Thunder Bay and then in Montreal as Sales Manager.
He joined Huyck Corporation in 1958 and went on to serve in senior-level positions in both Canada and the United States.
He came to Greeneville in 1958 with Huyck's Formex Division, which was located here.
In 1959 he returned to Montreal, Canada, to organize Formex Company of Canada for the manufacture and sale of Formex forming fabric to the Canadian paper industry.
He was appointed vice president and general manager of Formex Company of Canada in 1960 and moved to Kentville, Nova Scotia, in 1961, where the new Formex Company of Canada plant was opened.
In 1965 he returned to Greeneville, as marketing manager of the Huyck Formex Division; he was appointed vice president/marketing in 1967.
In 1969 he was named vice president and general manager of the division.
In the mid-1970s, when the corporate headquarters of Huyck Corporation was moved to Wake Forest, N.C., Mr. Chalmers moved to Raleigh, N.C., and served as a member of the corporate staff.
He became corporate vice president/marketing in 1974 and was named senior vice president/staff in 1975.
In 1981 he returned to Greeneville for a few years when he and two partners bought all assets of Huyck Process Systems in the U.S. and Canada and founded Enerdry Corporation. He retired as president and CEO of that company in 1989.
In retirement, Mr. Chalmers founded CER-WAT Corporation, a water filter company, and served as chairman of its board of directors.
He also served as president of BATHCAN, a Canadian property company, and president of WALGO Partners, a Knoxville property company.
He was a former member of the board of directors of Rolich Corporation of Greeneville.
Civic Role
During his years in Greeneville, Mr. Chalmers took an active role in community life.
He was a former chairman of the Nolachuckey District, Boy Scouts of America, and served as chairman of the United Way of Greene County in 1971 and United Way president in 1972.
He was also active in Knoxville civic life after his move to that city in the mid-1980s.
He was a member of the Advisory Board of the Knoxville Opera Company and was a supporter of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra.
He has also served as a member of the board of directors of the Knoxville Senior Citizens Home Assistance Association, as a member of the Advisory Board of the Appalachian Ballet Company, and as a member of the Knoxville Rotary Club.
Mr. Chalmers was a member of the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry and the Technical Association of the Canadian Pulp and Paper Industry.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Jane Harriet Chalmers in 1980.
Survivors include his widow: Willene Rush Chalmers; a son and daughter-in-law: James Gordon "Jay" and Eileen Chalmers of Murfreesboro; a daughter and son-in-law: Lucinda Ruttan "Cindy" and Kevin Pierce of Sanibel, Fla.; a stepdaughter and stepson-in-law: Susan Rush and Bruce Alan Ewing of Knoxville; four grandchildren: Grant Chalmers, Harry Chalmers, Jane Pierce and Chalmers Pierce; two stepgrandchildren: Dorian and Christopher Ewing; a brother: Kenneth Sinclair Chalmers of Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada; a sister: Margaret Howard of Montreal, Quebec, Canada; and many nieces, nephews, and great-nieces and great-nephews.
Memorial gifts may be sent to Tusculum College.
Arrangements are being coordinated by Rose Mortuary Mann Heritage Chapel, Knoxville.
United States Social Security Death Index
Age 76
Given Name Gordon
Middle Name J
Surname Chalmers
Birth Date 22 Jun 1925
State Tennessee
Last Place of Residence Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee
Previous Residence Postal Code 37919
Event Date 08 Jan 2001A memorial service has been scheduled on Thursday evening for former Greeneville industrial leader Gordon James Chalmers, 75, of Knoxville, who died Monday at his home there.
The service will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday at St. John's Episcopal Cathedral in Knoxville, where Mr. Chalmers had lived since the mid-1980s.
He lived in Greeneville briefly in the late 1950s and again in the 1960s and 1970s when he was associated with what was then Huyck Formex Division, now Weavexx. For several of those years he was vice president and general manager of the division.
After living several years in Raleigh, N.C., in the 1970s, he returned to Greeneville in 1981 and resided here until the mid-1980s.
The Very Rev. John C. Ross will officiate at the service. Afterwards, the family will receive friends in the Great Hall at St. John's Cathedral.
Although Mr. Chalmers had lived in Knoxville for a number of years, he had many friends in Greeneville, continued to maintain a variety of ties here, and was a frequent visitor.
Both during his years in Greeneville and after he moved to Knoxville, he took an active role in church and civic life in addition to his business-related responsibilities.
He was an active member and lay leader at St. James Episcopal Church here and had been similarly active at St. John's Cathedral, where he had recently been elected to the vestry, or church board, by the congregation.
A lay reader there, he was also active in the Brotherhood of St. Andrew at St. John's. In addition, he attended Bible Study Fellowship.
Mr. Chalmers had a close and longstanding relationship with Tusculum College, where he was first elected to the Board of Trustees in 1971.
In 1995, he was honored by the college with its Distinguished Service Award.
At that time the college noted that over the years he had "served with distinction" in a variety of leadership roles including chairman, secretary, and treasurer of the Board of Trustees, and as chairman or member of various Board committees.
In honor of his "long and distinguished service to the Board," he was elected a Life Trustee of Tusculum College in 1989.
Then, in what the college called "an unprecedented move," at the February 1995 meeting of the Board, the Tusculum trustees suspended his Life Trusteeship and re-elected him as a regular member "in recognition of his continuing leadership."
In the college's $10 million Bicentennial Campaign, Mr. Chalmers served as a member of the Steering Committee and, as tangible evidence of his commitment to the institution, made a leadership level gift to the capital campaign.
The Chalmers Conference Center in the Niswonger Commons building at Tusculum is named in his honor.
In a written statement to The Greeneville Sun on Tuesday, Tusculum President Dolph Henry said that "We at Tusculum College have lost one of our dearest friends.
"It was always a bright moment whenever Gordon visited the campus, and it is hard to conceive of not seeing him again.
"His record of service to Tusculum was exemplary. At the time of his death he was not only a Life Trustee of Tusculum College but also one of our longest-term sitting board members.
"I think I can safely say that everyone here at Tusculum who knew Gordon is in great sorrow today.
"It's appropriate that his name will live on in the Chalmers Conference Center in our Niswonger Commons building."
Business Career
A native of Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada, and a naturalized American citizen, Mr. Chalmers was educated at Mount Allison University, of Sackville, New Brunswick, and McGill University, of Montreal, Quebec, where he received a bachelor of engineering degree in mechanical engineering in 1947.
His business career included service with the Spruce Falls Power & Paper Company in Kapaskasing, Ontario, and then with Ross Engineering of Canada, first in Thunder Bay and then in Montreal as Sales Manager.
He joined Huyck Corporation in 1958 and went on to serve in senior-level positions in both Canada and the United States.
He came to Greeneville in 1958 with Huyck's Formex Division, which was located here.
In 1959 he returned to Montreal, Canada, to organize Formex Company of Canada for the manufacture and sale of Formex forming fabric to the Canadian paper industry.
He was appointed vice president and general manager of Formex Company of Canada in 1960 and moved to Kentville, Nova Scotia, in 1961, where the new Formex Company of Canada plant was opened.
In 1965 he returned to Greeneville, as marketing manager of the Huyck Formex Division; he was appointed vice president/marketing in 1967.
In 1969 he was named vice president and general manager of the division.
In the mid-1970s, when the corporate headquarters of Huyck Corporation was moved to Wake Forest, N.C., Mr. Chalmers moved to Raleigh, N.C., and served as a member of the corporate staff.
He became corporate vice president/marketing in 1974 and was named senior vice president/staff in 1975.
In 1981 he returned to Greeneville for a few years when he and two partners bought all assets of Huyck Process Systems in the U.S. and Canada and founded Enerdry Corporation. He retired as president and CEO of that company in 1989.
In retirement, Mr. Chalmers founded CER-WAT Corporation, a water filter company, and served as chairman of its board of directors.
He also served as president of BATHCAN, a Canadian property company, and president of WALGO Partners, a Knoxville property company.
He was a former member of the board of directors of Rolich Corporation of Greeneville.
Civic Role
During his years in Greeneville, Mr. Chalmers took an active role in community life.
He was a former chairman of the Nolachuckey District, Boy Scouts of America, and served as chairman of the United Way of Greene County in 1971 and United Way president in 1972.
He was also active in Knoxville civic life after his move to that city in the mid-1980s.
He was a member of the Advisory Board of the Knoxville Opera Company and was a supporter of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra.
He has also served as a member of the board of directors of the Knoxville Senior Citizens Home Assistance Association, as a member of the Advisory Board of the Appalachian Ballet Company, and as a member of the Knoxville Rotary Club.
Mr. Chalmers was a member of the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry and the Technical Association of the Canadian Pulp and Paper Industry.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Jane Harriet Chalmers in 1980.
Survivors include his widow: Willene Rush Chalmers; a son and daughter-in-law: James Gordon "Jay" and Eileen Chalmers of Murfreesboro; a daughter and son-in-law: Lucinda Ruttan "Cindy" and Kevin Pierce of Sanibel, Fla.; a stepdaughter and stepson-in-law: Susan Rush and Bruce Alan Ewing of Knoxville; four grandchildren: Grant Chalmers, Harry Chalmers, Jane Pierce and Chalmers Pierce; two stepgrandchildren: Dorian and Christopher Ewing; a brother: Kenneth Sinclair Chalmers of Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada; a sister: Margaret Howard of Montreal, Quebec, Canada; and many nieces, nephews, and great-nieces and great-nephews.
Memorial gifts may be sent to Tusculum College.
Arrangements are being coordinated by Rose Mortuary Mann Heritage Chapel, Knoxville.
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