Gertrude Childress, 88 of Monroeville, passed away Tuesday, December 3, 2013, in Monroeville. She was a retired seamstress with Vanity Fair Mills, born in Atmore on December 27, 1924, to the late Henry Watterson and Ruby Bell Stanley. Mrs. Childress was a member of the First Baptist church of Atmore.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Rhodie Childress.
Survivors include one son, Ralph Stan (Gloria) Childress of Tiger, Ga; two daughters, Cynthia (David) Huggins of Lake Village, Ark. and Rhonda (Keith) Cox of Little River; four brothers, Leonard (Katherine) Stanley and Cecil (Dobie) Stanley all of Atmore, Windom (Mildred) Stanley of Daphne and Aubrey (Mary Margaret) Stanley of Atmore; 11 grandchildren, Hedi Greene, Ryan Childress, Bryan Childress, Tiffany Davis, Stephen Childress, Michael Huggins, Jason Huggins, Suzanne White, Allison Cox, Kevin Houston and Scott Houston; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Services will be Friday, December 6, 2013, at 2 p.m. from Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Arnold Hendrix officiating.
Interment will follow in Oak Hill cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be Ryan Childress, David Huggins, Keith Cox, Bud Cox, Bruce White, Michael Huggins, Justin Kendrick.
Honorary pallbearers are her brothers.
Family will receive friends, Friday, December 6, 2013, at Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home from 1 p.m. until 2 p.m.
Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home is entrusted with all arrangements.
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She is preceded in death by her husband, Rhodie Childress.
Survivors include one son, Ralph Stan (Gloria) Childress of Tiger, Ga; two daughters, Cynthia (David) Huggins of Lake Village, Ark. and Rhonda (Keith) Cox of Little River; four brothers, Leonard (Katherine) Stanley and Cecil (Dobie) Stanley all of Atmore, Windom (Mildred) Stanley of Daphne and Aubrey (Mary Margaret) Stanley of Atmore; 11 grandchildren, Hedi Greene, Ryan Childress, Bryan Childress, Tiffany Davis, Stephen Childress, Michael Huggins, Jason Huggins, Suzanne White, Allison Cox, Kevin Houston and Scott Houston; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Services will be Friday, December 6, 2013, at 2 p.m. from Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Arnold Hendrix officiating.
Interment will follow in Oak Hill cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be Ryan Childress, David Huggins, Keith Cox, Bud Cox, Bruce White, Michael Huggins, Justin Kendrick.
Honorary pallbearers are her brothers.
Family will receive friends, Friday, December 6, 2013, at Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home from 1 p.m. until 2 p.m.
Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home is entrusted with all arrangements.
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Gertrude Childress, 88 of Monroeville, passed away Tuesday, December 3, 2013, in Monroeville. She was a retired seamstress with Vanity Fair Mills, born in Atmore on December 27, 1924, to the late Henry Watterson and Ruby Bell Stanley. Mrs. Childress was a member of the First Baptist church of Atmore.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Rhodie Childress.
Survivors include one son, Ralph Stan (Gloria) Childress of Tiger, Ga; two daughters, Cynthia (David) Huggins of Lake Village, Ark. and Rhonda (Keith) Cox of Little River; four brothers, Leonard (Katherine) Stanley and Cecil (Dobie) Stanley all of Atmore, Windom (Mildred) Stanley of Daphne and Aubrey (Mary Margaret) Stanley of Atmore; 11 grandchildren, Hedi Greene, Ryan Childress, Bryan Childress, Tiffany Davis, Stephen Childress, Michael Huggins, Jason Huggins, Suzanne White, Allison Cox, Kevin Houston and Scott Houston; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Services will be Friday, December 6, 2013, at 2 p.m. from Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Arnold Hendrix officiating.
Interment will follow in Oak Hill cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be Ryan Childress, David Huggins, Keith Cox, Bud Cox, Bruce White, Michael Huggins, Justin Kendrick.
Honorary pallbearers are her brothers.
Family will receive friends, Friday, December 6, 2013, at Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home from 1 p.m. until 2 p.m.
Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home is entrusted with all arrangements.
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She is preceded in death by her husband, Rhodie Childress.
Survivors include one son, Ralph Stan (Gloria) Childress of Tiger, Ga; two daughters, Cynthia (David) Huggins of Lake Village, Ark. and Rhonda (Keith) Cox of Little River; four brothers, Leonard (Katherine) Stanley and Cecil (Dobie) Stanley all of Atmore, Windom (Mildred) Stanley of Daphne and Aubrey (Mary Margaret) Stanley of Atmore; 11 grandchildren, Hedi Greene, Ryan Childress, Bryan Childress, Tiffany Davis, Stephen Childress, Michael Huggins, Jason Huggins, Suzanne White, Allison Cox, Kevin Houston and Scott Houston; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Services will be Friday, December 6, 2013, at 2 p.m. from Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Arnold Hendrix officiating.
Interment will follow in Oak Hill cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be Ryan Childress, David Huggins, Keith Cox, Bud Cox, Bruce White, Michael Huggins, Justin Kendrick.
Honorary pallbearers are her brothers.
Family will receive friends, Friday, December 6, 2013, at Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home from 1 p.m. until 2 p.m.
Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home is entrusted with all arrangements.
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