DAISY KATHERINE TENISON CHANCELLOR, age 101, passed into eternal life on January 15, 2011. Daughter of Ida Nicols Tenison and Cal Tenison, she was born in Cushing, Texas on August 6, 1909. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Rue C. Chancellor, her only son, Glenn Allen Chancellor and granddaughter, Cynthia Lynn Chancellor Matcek, as well as her brother, Lawrence Tenison, and sisters, Gracie Tenison Rawlinson and Bela Tenison Wade.
She is survived by grandson, Gary Allen Chancellor and great-grandsons, Benjamin Allen Matcek, Nicholas Clay Matcek and Michael Kohl Matcek, and beloved niece and nephew, Juanell and Tony Rawlinson, and daughter-in-law, Nancy Chancellor-Case.
Daisy Chancellor’s roots in East Texas run very deep, beginning in 1857 when her grandparents, Joshua and Mary Nichols moved to Texas from Alabama. They established their home “By the waters of Indian Creek,” in the area of Cushing before it was even a town. They bore three children, Ida, Daisy’s mother, Joe and Matilda Tenison. Daisy’s paternal grandparents came to Texas from Arkansas in 1896. Although her family were farmers, her father, Cal, came from a long line of preachers and he and her mother, Matilda, established the first Church of Christ at Sacul, in east Texas. Daisy was a member of the Church of Christ.
Daisy Catherine Tenison attended the old Cushing Rock School and graduated from Cushing High School as valedictorian in 1927. The same year she married Rue C. Chancellor and the couple moved to Nacogdoches and opened their own family grocery store, R. C. Chancellor grocery, at 1626 Douglass Road, which they operated until shortly after Mr. Chancellor’s death in 1969.
A graveside service will be held January 19, 2011, at Sunset Memorial Park, North Street in Nacogdoches, Texas, with Bro. Bill Tubbe officiating. Honorary Pallbearers will be Gary Chancellor, Benjamin Matcek, Clay Matcek and Kohl Matcek. Cason Monk-Metcalf will be in charge of the services.
Condolences may be offered at www.casonmonk-metcalf.com
