Marcus Speros Chaconas II

Marcus Speros Chaconas II, 77, passed away December 30, 2023, following a six-month battle with glioblastoma brain cancer. Marcus was born in Binghamton, New York. He grew up in Syracuse and Liverpool, New York. In 1963, his family moved to Daytona Beach, Florida, where Marcus fell in love with the ocean, apprenticed for custom car painting under Smokey Yunick, and began playing guitar with friends Duane and Gregg Allman. Always creative, in the 1970s-1980s, he owned Custom Concepts, a successful classic car restoration shop in Orlando, Florida. His musical career was diverse – co-owning The Bullwhip, an intimate concert venue in Richmond, Virginia, booking bands for The Zellwood Corn Festival, managing lighting for SeaWorld Orlando, running rigging for The Rolling Stones, providing venue logistics for Bruce Springsteen, Carlos Santana, Edgar Winter, The Charlie Daniels Band, The Moody Blues and others, and performing as lead singer and rhythm guitarist in his own bands (The Mark Calendar Band and others) from Richmond, Virginia to Sarasota, Florida to Ann Arbor, Michigan to Orlando, Florida. He especially loved sitting in at, or jamming after, performances with friends, The Allman Brothers Band, The Michael Redmond Band, Cowboy, or anyone looking for a good voice and guitarist. Marcus loved family times – creating original birthday cake designs, singing together as he played guitar, cruising in a custom car that “little hands” helped work on with one child or another in his lap, pulling wrenches on one daughter’s quarter midget, offering up cookouts at his other daughter’s horse shows, proudly claiming bragging rights for a son’s computer gaming skills, beach days, camping, and touristy day trips. Marcus is predeceased by father Marcus Speros Chacona, mother Elizabeth Harrington Volz Chacona, brother Charles Christian Chacona, and nephew Michael Joseph Chacona. Marcus is survived by ex-wife/friend Linda of Mt. Dora, Florida and their children Marcus Chaconas III (Michael Greene) of Syracuse, New York, Alexandra Chaconas of Mt. Dora, Florida, Andrea Chaconas-Jackson and her children Madison and Maverick of Eustis, Florida; son Marcus Chaconas III of Gaylord, Michigan; son Christopher Key and his children Nathan and Jimmie of Longwood, Florida. In lieu of flowers, donations are appreciated to St Jude’s Children’s Hospital (stjude.org), which Marcus supported for decades. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.purcellfuneralhome.com. Arrangements have been entrusted to Beyers Funeral Home- Purcell Chapel, Bushnell, Florida.

Marcus Speros Chaconas II

July 17, 1946 - December 30, 2023