The Libertarian Party of Georgia sadly bids goodbye to activist Alex Chandler. The 25 year old freedom-fighter was killed in a motorcycle accident in Clayton County on September 24, 2009.
Alex was a Georgia delegate to the Libertarian National Convention in 2008, where he impressed the entire delegation with his honesty, his loyalty to his family, and his commitment to freedom. More recently he was working at organizing a party affiliate in Fayette County.
A memorial service for Alex Chandler will be held at Friendship Presbyterian Church in the Pike County town of Concord, at 1004 Pedenville Road. Family and friends will gather there at 3 PM on Sunday, October 11, 2009.
Alex’s family has requested that everyone who knew him attend the memorial in the spirit of celebration. If you were a motorcycle friend, come to the service on your bike and in your gear. Activists should wear their buttons and shirts with the strongest freedom messages. Those who knew him as an Eagle Scout should feel free to come in their uniforms. Alex’s father believes strongly that this is what Alex would have wanted.
Alex Chandler was a carpenter, builder, and draftsman by trade. He was a member of the Newnan-Coweta Lions Club, and Liberty Baptist Church of Riverdale. As an Eagle Scout and lover of the outdoors, he served as an assistant scoutmaster of Troop 123 in the town of Zebulon.
Our thoughts go out to Alex’s family: his parents Ruth Goeller Chandler and Walker Chandler of Molena and Peachtree City; brother Zebulon Kelly Chandler of Atlanta; step brother Aaron Gordon; and sister Canada Johanna Gordon and her husband Kirby Smith of Los Angeles. Other surviving family include grandmother Nedra Goeller, aunt and uncles Bill and Cynthia Ketner and Gary Goeller, Dr. James and Carol Chandler Dew, Dr. and Mrs. David Jones, Tommy and Judy Jones, and Mark and Barbara Chandler, as well as numerous cousins.
Alex came by his Libertarian beliefs at an early age. His father, attorney Walker Chandler, was the Libertarian Party Of Georgia’s candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 1990 and again in 1994. The senior Chandler won a landmark suit in front of the US Supreme Court that overturned a Georgia requirement that all candidates for office submit to drug testing as a condition for being on the ballot.
Alex’s commitment to fellowship, service, and volunteerism will continue to inspire his family, friends and community. The Libertarian Party of Georgia already misses his energy and commitment to personal liberty.
Requiescat in pace.
