Shelma Keen: Appalachian Aristocracy

Generation: 1

1. Shelma Keen (daughter of Albert Theodore Keen and Artie Alifair ABSHER).
Shelma married Cecil Richardson 24 Jun 1960, Russell Co. VA; divorced 12 Jul 1974, Tazewell Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Generation: 2

2.	Albert Theodore Keen Albert married Artie Alifair ABSHER. Artie (daughter of Charles Allen ABSHER and Rena Belle (Rennie) CHAMBERS) was born 05 Sep 1919, Tazewell Co. VA; died 01 Feb 2003, Tazewell Co. VA; was buried , Greenhills Memory Gardens, Claypool Hill, Tazewell Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Artie Alifair ABSHER was born 05 Sep 1919, Tazewell Co. VA (daughter of Charles Allen ABSHER and Rena Belle (Rennie) CHAMBERS); died 01 Feb 2003, Tazewell Co. VA; was buried , Greenhills Memory Gardens, Claypool Hill, Tazewell Co. VA.

Children:

Generation: 3

Charles Allen ABSHER was born 19 Sep 1884, Wilkes Co. NC; died 28 Jun 1949, Tazewell Co. VA.

Charles married Rena Belle (Rennie) CHAMBERS. Rena (daughter of Thomas Douglas (Red Tom) CHAMBERS and Edith OSBORN) was born 5 May 1893, Buchanan Co. VA; died 5 Jun 1965, Richlands, Tazewell Co. VA; was buried , Absher Family Cemetery (Road Ridge), Raven, Tazewell Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Rena Belle (Rennie) CHAMBERS was born 5 May 1893, Buchanan Co. VA (daughter of Thomas Douglas (Red Tom) CHAMBERS and Edith OSBORN); died 5 Jun 1965, Richlands, Tazewell Co. VA; was buried , Absher Family Cemetery (Road Ridge), Raven, Tazewell Co. VA.

Children:

Dewey ABSHER was born 10 Jul 1905, Tazewell Co. VA; died 07 Apr 1992, Richlands, Tazewell Co. VA; was buried , Greenhills Memory Gardens, Claypool Hill, Tazewell Co. VA.
Roy ABSHER was born 21 Jul 1910, Tazewell Co. VA; died 04 Nov 1984, Richlands, Tazewell Co. VA; was buried , Greenhills Memory Gardens, Claypool Hill, Tazewell Co. VA.
Mattie ABSHER was born 05 Jul 1912, Tazewell Co. VA; died 12 Apr 2003, Rockville, Montgomery Co. MD; was buried , Greenhills Memory Gardens, Claypool Hill, Tazewell Co. VA.
James Thomas ABSHER was born 08 Aug 1914, Tazewell Co. VA; died 31 May 2005, Raven, Tazewell Co. VA; was buried , Greenhills Memory Gardens, Claypool Hill, Tazewell Co. VA.
Rosa Ellen ABSHER was born 05 Feb 1917, Tazewell Co. VA; died 26 Aug 2010, Newton Co. GA; was buried , Greenhills Memory Gardens, Claypool Hill, Tazewell Co. VA.
3. Artie Alifair ABSHER was born 05 Sep 1919, Tazewell Co. VA; died 01 Feb 2003, Tazewell Co. VA; was buried , Greenhills Memory Gardens, Claypool Hill, Tazewell Co. VA.
Lloyd William ABSHER was born 29 Jul 1923, Tazewell Co., VA; died 05 Feb 1987, Richlands, Tazewell Co. VA; was buried , Greenhills Memory Gardens, Claypool Hill, Tazewell Co. VA.
Georgia Nell ABSHER was born 17 Mar 1932, Raven, Tazewell Co. VA; died 07 Oct 2006, Fauquier Co. VA; was buried , Rock Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Ruby, Stafford Co. VA.
Maxie Louise ABSHER was born 01 Nov 1934, Tazewell Co., VA; died 19 Oct 2004, Stafford Co. VA; was buried , Sunset Memorial Gardens, Four Mile Fork, Spotsylvania Co. VA.

Generation: 4

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Thomas Douglas (Red Tom) CHAMBERS was born 3 Feb 1858, Virginia (son of Thomas GILLESPIE and Emeline S. CHAMBERS); died 19 Apr 1931, Buchanan Co. VA; was buried , Chambers Cemetery, Shortt Gap, Buchanan Co. VA.

Thomas married Edith OSBORN. Edith was born 10 May 1865, Buchanan Co. VA; died 10 Mar 1928, Buchanan Co. VA; was buried , Chambers Cemetery, Shortt Gap, Buchanan Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

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Edith OSBORN was born 10 May 1865, Buchanan Co. VA; died 10 Mar 1928, Buchanan Co. VA; was buried , Chambers Cemetery, Shortt Gap, Buchanan Co. VA.

Children:

Boyd CHAMBERS was born 02 Aug 1883, Buchanan Co. VA; died 18 Feb 1904, Buchanan Co. VA; was buried , Chambers Cemetery, Shortt Gap, Buchanan Co. VA.
John Milton CHAMBERS was born 06 Feb 1881, Buchanan Co. VA; died 26 Feb 1926, Tazewell Co. VA; was buried , Chambers Cemetery, Shortt Gap, Buchanan Co. VA.
Mollie E. CHAMBERS was born 12 Mar 1885, Virginia; died 27 Dec 1959, Cedar Bluff, Tazewell Co. VA; was buried , Chambers Cemetery, Shortt Gap, Buchanan Co. VA.
Jennie C. CHAMBERS was born 9 Jun 1887, Shacks Mill,Buchanan Co.,VA; died 12 Apr 1959, Richlands, Tazewell Co. VA; was buried , Chambers Cemetery, Shortt Gap, Buchanan Co. VA.
Robert G. CHAMBERS was born Oct 1890, Buchanan Co. VA; died 17 Oct 1944, Buchanan Co. VA; was buried , Chambers Cemetery, Shortt Gap, Buchanan Co. VA.
Grace CHAMBERS was born 23 Jul 1894, Buchanan Co. VA; died 25 Nov 1975, Richlands, Tazewell Co. VA; was buried , Chambers Cemetery, Shortt Gap, Buchanan Co. VA.
7. Rena Belle (Rennie) CHAMBERS was born 5 May 1893, Buchanan Co. VA; died 5 Jun 1965, Richlands, Tazewell Co. VA; was buried , Absher Family Cemetery (Road Ridge), Raven, Tazewell Co. VA.