Wicke Chambers
There will be a July 28 birthday memorial for Wicke Oliver Chambers, a former board member of Hudson Library and resident of Cullasaja Club.
Wicke Chambers, a lifetime resident of Atlanta, died Nov. 22, 2019. Wicke is survived by her loving husband of 62 years Rufus, their children Rufus Jr. (Clara), Margaret (Bill Young Jr) and Alex (Melissa), and seven grandchildren, Bill III, Rufus III, Brandon, Adair, Jack, Charlie and Maggie.
Wicke graduated from The Westminster Schools, attended Finch College and graduated from the University of Georgia.
With her business partner, Spring Asher, they founded Speechworks, published nine books, wrote articles for the Atlanta Constitution, and won six TV Emmy awards while serving as Executive Producers for WSB-TV and WXIA-TV on the TV shows Super 2 and TIMEOUT and the news show 11 Alive Noonday.
Wicke also published Celebrate Retirement with Cheryl Stephenson and taught Reinventing Retirement at Emory University OLLI courses. Wicke served as a Trustee of the High Museum of Art, the Atlanta Fulton County Library, the YMCA Metro Board and The University of Georgia Foundation. She served as president of the Women Business Owners of Atlanta and the High Museum of Art Members Guild. She also served on the Boards of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, the Atlanta Junior League, Leadership Atlanta and Habitat Atlanta and was a member of the Piedmont Hospital Board of Visitors.
Wicke lived a life of love, smiles, laughter and professional accomplishments. She loved her family and travel, having visited 73 countries with Rufus. Although she was not an athlete, she also loved twice making a hole in one on the golf course.
A memorial service was held on Nov. 26, 2019, at the Cathedral of St. Philip.