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I thought you'll might be interested in this photo gallery of "Wavy Dave's" funeral on clarionledger.com. You can view it at http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/p...y=NEWS&ArtNo=612280803&Ref=PH&Params=Itemnr=1
JSU Mascot....Wavey Dave passes....
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1SGT_Robinson
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I did...
Several Old School Sonic Boom members where present. Pop Duplesis was there. It was nothing but a proper homegoing for Dave.
I also had to do my job as well. Getting photos for the Mississippi Link.
I will post my link up after I review what i have gotten
CriTAUcal
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Please, share your pics.
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Thanks for sharing.
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No mournful memorial for David Chambers
http://clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061229/NEWS/612290381/1001/NEWS
December 29, 2006
Hundreds honor JSU icon
No mournful memorial for David Chambers
By Richard Lake
[email protected]
Joyce Chambers Weathers brings the crowd to its feet with her remarks during Thursday services for her son, longtime JSU mascot David ?Wavee Dave? Chambers.
There were 600 people present Thursday morning, and hardly any of them were crying.
They shouted "all right!" They applauded. They praised Jesus.
That is the way, they said, David "Wavee Dave" Chambers would have wanted his funeral to go.
"He didn't do anything unless he prayed first," said Joyce Weathers, Chambers' mom, in addressing the crowd.
Chambers, 42, had been Jackson State University's devoted mascot for more than 20 years when he died last week of a heart attack after battling kidney disease for years.
On Thursday, friends, family, university officials and well-wishers crowded into JSU's Rose Embly McCoy Auditorium to pay tribute to Chambers and his tenacious, warm-hearted personality.
"He gave more than he received. He fed the hungry. He tried to provide housing to the homeless, and he tried to make the sick better," said JSU President Ron Mason.
Chambers, a Chicago native, enrolled at JSU at 17 in 1982. He was a member of the school's Sonic Boom band, and had friends all over campus.
He joined the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity and made more friends.
"The brotherly love we shared throughout the fraternity will be immensely missed," said fraternity brother Darrell Jones, who flew in from California to attend Chambers' funeral.
As a student in 1985, Chambers became the JSU Tiger, a suited mascot who riled up the crowd at football and basketball games.
He quickly set himself apart from other mascots by peddling a unicycle around, and then a few years later by asking Thaddeus Reed to join him in his antics.
Reed was 3 years old in 1988 when he became the first of what would become the Baby Tigers.
"He always brought something new to the game," Reed said.
Chambers graduated from JSU in 1988. He had worked at the United Parcel Service and SkyTel in Jackson.
Chambers' mother was presented with resolutions honoring her son from the city of Jackson, the state of Mississippi, and the JSU National Alumni Association, which awarded him "eternal membership."
"He embodied what we wanted a Tiger to embody," said Hilliard Lackey, the alumni association's president.
Mourners filed by Chambers' open casket before the speeches began.
His grandmother, Christine Harris, stopped to kiss his forehead.
His mom, a Chicago evangelist, made a long pause before touching his head softly.
Hymns were sung. Prayers were said. Bible passages were recited.
"Wavee Dave, Mr. Chambers, would not want you to be sad," said Jackson City Councilman Kenneth Stokes. "Wavee was a happy person."
"All right!" responded his mom, sitting in the front row clutching a Bible.
Then she took the podium.
She said Chambers, born when she was still in high school, never missed a day of class in his life, beginning in Head Start at age 4.
He came to love the Lord, she said, and to love everybody else, too.
http://clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061229/NEWS/612290381/1001/NEWS
December 29, 2006
Hundreds honor JSU icon
No mournful memorial for David Chambers
By Richard Lake
[email protected]
Joyce Chambers Weathers brings the crowd to its feet with her remarks during Thursday services for her son, longtime JSU mascot David ?Wavee Dave? Chambers.
There were 600 people present Thursday morning, and hardly any of them were crying.
They shouted "all right!" They applauded. They praised Jesus.
That is the way, they said, David "Wavee Dave" Chambers would have wanted his funeral to go.
"He didn't do anything unless he prayed first," said Joyce Weathers, Chambers' mom, in addressing the crowd.
Chambers, 42, had been Jackson State University's devoted mascot for more than 20 years when he died last week of a heart attack after battling kidney disease for years.
On Thursday, friends, family, university officials and well-wishers crowded into JSU's Rose Embly McCoy Auditorium to pay tribute to Chambers and his tenacious, warm-hearted personality.
"He gave more than he received. He fed the hungry. He tried to provide housing to the homeless, and he tried to make the sick better," said JSU President Ron Mason.
Chambers, a Chicago native, enrolled at JSU at 17 in 1982. He was a member of the school's Sonic Boom band, and had friends all over campus.
He joined the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity and made more friends.
"The brotherly love we shared throughout the fraternity will be immensely missed," said fraternity brother Darrell Jones, who flew in from California to attend Chambers' funeral.
As a student in 1985, Chambers became the JSU Tiger, a suited mascot who riled up the crowd at football and basketball games.
He quickly set himself apart from other mascots by peddling a unicycle around, and then a few years later by asking Thaddeus Reed to join him in his antics.
Reed was 3 years old in 1988 when he became the first of what would become the Baby Tigers.
"He always brought something new to the game," Reed said.
Chambers graduated from JSU in 1988. He had worked at the United Parcel Service and SkyTel in Jackson.
Chambers' mother was presented with resolutions honoring her son from the city of Jackson, the state of Mississippi, and the JSU National Alumni Association, which awarded him "eternal membership."
"He embodied what we wanted a Tiger to embody," said Hilliard Lackey, the alumni association's president.
Mourners filed by Chambers' open casket before the speeches began.
His grandmother, Christine Harris, stopped to kiss his forehead.
His mom, a Chicago evangelist, made a long pause before touching his head softly.
Hymns were sung. Prayers were said. Bible passages were recited.
"Wavee Dave, Mr. Chambers, would not want you to be sad," said Jackson City Councilman Kenneth Stokes. "Wavee was a happy person."
"All right!" responded his mom, sitting in the front row clutching a Bible.
Then she took the podium.
She said Chambers, born when she was still in high school, never missed a day of class in his life, beginning in Head Start at age 4.
He came to love the Lord, she said, and to love everybody else, too.
CriTAUcal
Do Good; Good Follows
Nice pictures.
Clarion-Ledger sent one of their BEST photographers! :tup: :tup:
Joe Ellis takes really great photos!
RIP Wavee Dave.
Taylor-Made'90
I'm 'Citrix SSO' batch!!!
Hey Kevin, that's a good pic of TWash, my cousin and the relddiR..... (2nd to last pic)..
:tup::tup:
And Pop's old arse......
:tup::tup:
And Pop's old arse......
1SGT_Robinson
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Yes he is......:emlaugh:
He was 55 when I was in the Boom.....:whatever:...you do the math.
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