Ms. Rose Marie Chandler Young

February 2, 1956 - April 21, 2017

Rose Marie Chandler Young was born in Jackson, TN on February 2, 1956 to the late Ethel (James) Chandler and Jimmie Neal (Bessie) Hunt, Sr. God saw fit to call Rose home on Friday, April 21, 2017. Rose professed a hope in Christ at an early age at Mt. Tabor Baptist Church. She later continued her journey at Calvary Christian Church in Jackson, TN. She was a member of the G.Q. Fan Social Club. Rose loved to play softball with the Lady Red Birds softball team. She loved her family dearly, especially her grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents; both of her sons, Marty and Eric Chandler; brother, James Calicutt, Sr.; sister, Gwendolyn Hunt and a nephew, Michael Ray Bates, Jr. Rose leaves to cherish her memories, her daughter, Tijuana Chandler of Jackson, TN; five grandsons, Jeremy Jones, William Penny, JaMario Chandler, Marty Chatman and Cortney Chandler, all of Jackson, TN; eight sisters, Pamela (Michael) Bates of Jackson, TN, Carla (Milton) Morrow of Jackson, TN, Wanda Cole of Humboldt, TN, Virease Calicutt Hess of Trenton, TN, Joan (James) Thomas of Fort Wayne, IN, Deborah Hunt of Antioch, TN, Yvone Hunt of Nashville, TN and Sheila (Howard) Cooper- Taylor of Humboldt, TN; six brothers, James (Robbie) Chandler, Jr., of Olympia, WA, Stanley Chandler of Jackson, TN, Rickey (Margie) Hunt of Knoxville, TN, Jimmie (Sonja) Hunt, Jr., of Nashville, TN, Kenneth (Kristy) Hunt of Elkhart, IN and Keith (Tracy) Hunt of Clermont, FL; a very special niece, Michaela (Octavious) Fowler; three nephews, Tavoris Bates, Montrell Swift, and Antonio Swift, whom she helped raise; a Goddaughter, Shena Jones, whom she loved dearly, and a host of nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and friends.