Cole Chambers, the grandson of longtime Tomball High School band director and community leader Leonard Chambers recently died in a motorcycle accident in central Texas on June 10.

Chambers, 23, was driving his Yamaha motorcycle along FM 1123, a winding two-lane road about seven miles north of Holland, Texas, and south of Temple. According to a report broadcast on KCENTV, the NBC affiliate of central Texas, Chambers was unable to negotiate a curve in the road and hit a fence.

Chambers was transported by ambulance to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11 p.m. KCENTV also reported Chambers was wearing his helmet at the time of the accident.

The Texas Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol Division in Temple, which handled the accident scene, was unable to release information about the accident last week.

Chambers, a 2006 graduate of Tomball High School, enlisted in the U.S. Army where he achieved the rank of sergeant prior to his death. In 2007, Chambers was deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

A memorial service with full military honors was held Thursday, June 16 at Fort Hood in Killeen. According to Chambers’ aunt, Michelle Breaux, the Ft. Hood service featured a 21-gun salute and eulogies from his friends and commanders.

“It was very, very moving,” Breaux said.

At the time of his death, Chambers was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Calvary Division at Fort Hood. He was scheduled for another deployment in July.

A funeral for Chambers and burial was held Friday, June 17. A second memorial service was held at Tomball United Methodist Church. He was later interred at Klein Memorial Park in Tomball.

Breaux said that Chambers was “fun and always excited about something.”

“He’d get to talking really fast. He had a really good sense of humor,” she said. “He didn’t mind if the joke was on him.”

Breaux added that Chambers was involved with the Tomball High School FFA program while he attended the school, where he raised lambs and steers. His hobbies included hunting, skeet shooting and spending time on the family’s ranch in Grimes County.

The family asks that memorials for Chambers be directed to the Wounded Warrior Project at woundedwarriorproject.org.

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