Homegoing Services for C. Robert Chambliss, MD, FAAP, FCCM, Thursday, July 10, 2003, 1:00 P.M., Martin Luther King, Jr. International Chapel, Morehouse College, 830 Westview Drive, Southwest, Atlanta, Georgia, The Reverend Dr. McClellon D. Cox, Officiating

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The Reverend Dr. McClellan D. Cox Officiating

On July 4, 2003, following a year-long fight with colon cancer, C. Robert Chambliss, MD, FAAP, FCCM, peacefully passed away at Piedmont Hospital. Although he followed in the footsteps of a long line of family physicians in the Washington, DC, area, it was Dr. Chambliss' love of children and his desire to provide comfort to ill and especially critically ill children, that motivated him to pursue a career in Intensive Care Medicine.
At the time of his death, Dr. Chambliss was an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Emory University School of Medicine, the Section Chief of the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and Medical Director of "Children's Response" transport team. He proudly served as Medical Director of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Hughes Spalding Children's Hospital from 1993-97. To encourage youthful physicians to enter into the arena of Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Dr. Chambliss served as preceptor for first- and third-year medical students at Emory University.
Although Dr. Chambliss sincerely loved the practice of clinical medicine and the administrative challenges of his position , his priorities never went askew; family was always his first priority and he truly was a devoted husband to his wife of more than 12 years , Dana , and a proud and adoring father to his young sons, Cleveland Robert, Ill, age 5, and Ryan Alexander, age 18 months . He leaves a loving mother, Dr. Harriette Clark Chambliss of Washington, DC , loving brother, Marque Chambliss, of Park City, Utah , and a host of special aunts, uncles and cousins . He was a caring friend who enjoyed music, travel and a good game of golf.
Robert was born on May 25, 1960, and was the first of two sons born to Dr. Harriette Clark Chambliss and the late Cleveland Robert Chambliss , Sr. , Esq. At an early age, he was baptized at Ash bury UMC. Robert graduated from St. John 's College High School in 1978, Morehouse College in 1982, and the Morehouse School of Medicine in 1986. He trained at the Howard University Hospital Department of Pediatrics in Washington , and was named the Outstanding Pediatric Resident and Pediatric Resident of the Year in 1989. He was Pediatric Chief Resident at Howard Hospital and District of Columbia General Hospital from 1989-90. Thereafter, he completed fellowship training in Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine at Harbor UCLS Medical Center in Torrance , California , and Children's Hospital of Orange County, where he also served as a pediatric clinical instructor from 1990-93.
Dr. Chambliss co-authored abstracts that were presented at the Pediatric Critical Care Colloquium and other medical society conferences. He published numerous articles in journals such as the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Pediatric Critical Care, and Critical Care and Pediatrics. Additionally, he co-authored several chapters in critical care textbooks. Dr. Chambliss lectured extensively on topics related to pediatric pain management, transport and other issues related to critical care. He was a member of the Society of Critical Care, and elected as a fellow to the College of Critical Care Medicine in 2001. He was also a member of the National Medical Association, the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics.
A true and loving father and husband, Robert always found time for others serving as a role model, motivator, writer, speaker and healer. Despite his youth, Robert was nationally known for his skill and expertise and leaves an indelible mark on the practice of pediatric critical care.

Prelude
Processional
Opening Hymn ............................................... "Great is Thy Faithfulness" Prayer
Scriptures: The Old Testament, Psalm 23 The New Testament, II Timothy 4:7-8
Memorial Tributes ....................................................... Henry M. Goodgame Veda Johnson, MD
James Fortenberry, MD Special Tribute ............................ Cleveland Robert "Robbie" Chambliss, Ill Acknowledgement .............................. The Reverend Dr. McClellan D. Cox
Mt. Zion A.M. E. Church 2977 Lavista Road Decatur, Georgia
Solos ................................................................... Mrs. LaVerne Byas-Smith "My Health Cometh From the Lord" ''Psalm 121"
Reading of Obituary (soft music)
Eulogy ............................................ The Reverend Kenneth W. Hammond, CCS Chaplain, Children's Healthcare ofAtlanta
Solo .................................................................................. Kathleen CurateI "Soon-a Will Be Done"
Benediction
Recessional
Postlude
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Will be at Westview Cemetery at a later date.
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Immediately following the service, a light repast will be served on the second floor of the MLK Chapel in the African American Hall of Fame.
In lieu offlowers, donations may be made to: Morehouse College in memory of Alumnus Cleveland Robert Chambliss '82, 830 Westview Drive, S. W, Atlanta, Georgia 30314

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Mr. Timothy Crimp Mr. Todd Daniel Leroy Graham, MD Mr. Everett Garden Mike Kettle, Esq. David Moromisato, MD Robert Pettignano, MD
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Children's Healthcare of Atlanta PICU Nurses
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Mrs. Willie Mae Archie Mrs. Cynthia Robinson Alexander Mrs. Laura Awazu Mrs. LaVerne Byas-Smith Mrs. Donna Crim Ms. Susie Gentry Mrs. Peggy Kettle Terri McFadden Garden, MD Mrs. Leah McKay Mrs. Lisa Moreland Overton Mrs. Mary Pettignano Mrs. Tara Robinson Ms. Kris Rogers

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The family of C. Robert Chambliss expresses their heartfelt appreciation for the love, comfort, support and prayers extended by family, friends and neighbors from across the country during his illness and this hour of bereavement.

THE NEXT PLACE
By Warren Hanson
The next place that I go will be as peaceful and familiar as a sleepy summer day and a sweet untroubled mind. And yet ... it won't be anything like any place I've ever been .. . or seen . .. or even dreamed of in the place I leave behind. I won't know where I'm going, and I won't know where I've been as I tumble through the always and look back toward the when . I'll glide beyond the rainbows and I'll drift above the sky. I'll fly into the wonder, without ever wondering why. I won't remember getting there. Somehow I'll just arrive. But I'll know that I belong there and will feel much more alive than I have ever felt before. I will be absolutely free of the things that I held onto that were holding onto me.
The next place that I will go will be so quiet and so still that the whispered song of sweet belonging will rise up to fill the listening sky with joyful silence, and with unheard harmonies of music made by no one playing , like a hush upon a breeze.
There will be no room for darkness in that place of living light. Where an ever-dawning morning pushes back the dying night. The very air will fill with brilliance, as the brightly shining sun and the moon and half a million stars are married into one.
The next place that I go won't really be a place at all . There won't be any seasons- winter, summer, spring or fall- nor a Monday, nor a Friday, nor December, nor July. And the seconds will be standing still . .. while hours hurry by.
I will not be a boy or girl, a woman or a man. I'll simply be just, simply, me. No worse or better than. My skin will not be dark or light. I won't be fat or tall. The body I once lived in won't be part of me at all. I will finally be perfect. I will be without a flaw. I will never make one more mistake, or break the smallest law. And the me that was impatient, or was angry or unkind, will simply be a memory. The me I left behind.
I will travel empty-handed. There is not a single thing I have collected in my life that I would ever want to bring except . .. the love of those who loved me, and the warmth of those who cared. The happiness and memories and magic that we shared. Though I will know the joy of solitude . . . I'll never be alone. I'll be embraced by all the family and friends I've ever known.
Although I might not see their faces, all our hearts will beat as one, and the circle of our spirits will shine brighter than the sun . I will cherish all the friendship I was fortunate to find, all the love and the laughter in the place I leave behind. All these good things will go with me. They will make my spirit glow. And that light will shine forever in the next place that I go.

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