Annie Bell Chezem, 81, Noblesville, died Nov. 10. She was born Dec. 16, 1934 to the late Ewell and Maggie (Nelson) Lawson in Kensett, Ark.
Annie lived in Tipton County for 30 years, moving to Muncie and then to Noblesville. She graduated from Eastern High School in Greentown in 1951, Indianapolis General Hospital School of Nursing in 1955, and earned a Bachelor’s of Science from Saint Mary of the Woods College in 1977. Annie worked in the field of nursing for 51 years, including Tipton County Public Health and the Indiana State Board of Health, retiring in 1996.
She married Robert A. Chezem, Sr. on March 24, 1956, and they were married for 51 years until his death in 2007. Annie is survived by their children, Robert A. Chezem, Jr., Shari Anne Chezem, Jo Carol Chezem and Andrew Blair Chezem, step-daughters Deborah Kay Pogue and De Etta Fay Chezem, 16 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, and brother Robert Lawson of Kokomo.
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