Pamela Abernathy Chapin Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Pamela Abernathy Chapin passed away at her home in Murfreesboro, Tennessee on July 1, 2014. Pamela was born in Piedmont, Alabama on October 21, 1950. She was preceded in death by her father, Frank Harold Abernathy, her mother, Fair Nicholson, her sister Frankie Allene Fisher, her sons, Stephen Mitchell and Matthew Mitchell. Pamela is survived by her husband of 26 years, Ronald Bruce Chapin. Other surviving relatives include sister-in-law, Janet Chapin of Silver Spring, Maryland, step-daughter, Cheryl Chapin, 2 foster children as well as aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews in the greater Piedmont area. Pamela was multi-talented. She was a dedicated health care provider and served as a Clinical Laboratory Manager, Laboratory Technologist, and in several care giving roles in many hospitals in California. She served as Recreation Director in upstate, New York. She served as Executive Director of the San Lorenzo Valley California Senior Center. She was Executive Editor of the Buffalo Beat in Buffalo, New York. Pamela was active in the Episcopal Church and its ministries, coordinating community services and disaster relief in San Lorenzo Valley, California, attending and teaching in the Education for Ministry program in Western New York. She is an alumnus of Western New York Episcopal Cursillo No. 17. Funeral services are to be held on Saturday, July 5, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at Thompson Funeral Home in Piedmont, Rev. Thomas Ward officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home at 1:00 p.m. Burial will follow at Union Grove Cemetery.

Pamela Abernathy Chapin

October 21, 1950 - July 1, 2014