John B. Childers, 82, of Sylva died Friday, Jan. 2, 2004.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 5, in Old Savannah Baptist Church. The Revs. Dennis Burrell and Eddie Deitz officiated. Burial followed in Old Savannah Cemetery.
He was the son of the late Robert and Ivory Buchanan Childers and the last surviving member of his family. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Army. He retired from Nantahala Power and Light as a line crew foreman. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 53 years, Jeanette Cabe Childers who died in 1993; three sisters, Marie Frizzell, Anna Belle Jones and Luna Brown; and four brothers, Howard, Sylvester, Blane and Alvin Childers.
Surviving are his wife, Etta Carter Childers; three sons, Johnny, Robert, and Ray Childers, all of Sylva; five daughters, Ann Ivalee Taylor and Betty Frady, both of Whittier, Marie Swanger, of Waynesville, Joyce Smith Sitton of Sylva and Terrie Snyder of Myrtle Beach, S.C.; one stepson, Alvin Carter of Sylva; four stepdaughters, Darlene Burrell, Rosetta Gates and Irene Gregg, all of Sylva, and Debbie Tucker, of High Point; 20 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; 10 step grandchildren and seven step great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Old Savannah Cemetery Fund, c/o Doug Hall, 41 Hall Town Rd., Sylva, N.C. 28779.
Moody Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
An online memorial and registry is available at www.pemoody.com.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 5, in Old Savannah Baptist Church. The Revs. Dennis Burrell and Eddie Deitz officiated. Burial followed in Old Savannah Cemetery.
He was the son of the late Robert and Ivory Buchanan Childers and the last surviving member of his family. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Army. He retired from Nantahala Power and Light as a line crew foreman. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 53 years, Jeanette Cabe Childers who died in 1993; three sisters, Marie Frizzell, Anna Belle Jones and Luna Brown; and four brothers, Howard, Sylvester, Blane and Alvin Childers.
Surviving are his wife, Etta Carter Childers; three sons, Johnny, Robert, and Ray Childers, all of Sylva; five daughters, Ann Ivalee Taylor and Betty Frady, both of Whittier, Marie Swanger, of Waynesville, Joyce Smith Sitton of Sylva and Terrie Snyder of Myrtle Beach, S.C.; one stepson, Alvin Carter of Sylva; four stepdaughters, Darlene Burrell, Rosetta Gates and Irene Gregg, all of Sylva, and Debbie Tucker, of High Point; 20 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; 10 step grandchildren and seven step great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Old Savannah Cemetery Fund, c/o Doug Hall, 41 Hall Town Rd., Sylva, N.C. 28779.
Moody Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
An online memorial and registry is available at www.pemoody.com.
John B. Childers, 82, of Sylva died Friday, Jan. 2, 2004.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 5, in Old Savannah Baptist Church. The Revs. Dennis Burrell and Eddie Deitz officiated. Burial followed in Old Savannah Cemetery.
He was the son of the late Robert and Ivory Buchanan Childers and the last surviving member of his family. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Army. He retired from Nantahala Power and Light as a line crew foreman. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 53 years, Jeanette Cabe Childers who died in 1993; three sisters, Marie Frizzell, Anna Belle Jones and Luna Brown; and four brothers, Howard, Sylvester, Blane and Alvin Childers.
Surviving are his wife, Etta Carter Childers; three sons, Johnny, Robert, and Ray Childers, all of Sylva; five daughters, Ann Ivalee Taylor and Betty Frady, both of Whittier, Marie Swanger, of Waynesville, Joyce Smith Sitton of Sylva and Terrie Snyder of Myrtle Beach, S.C.; one stepson, Alvin Carter of Sylva; four stepdaughters, Darlene Burrell, Rosetta Gates and Irene Gregg, all of Sylva, and Debbie Tucker, of High Point; 20 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; 10 step grandchildren and seven step great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Old Savannah Cemetery Fund, c/o Doug Hall, 41 Hall Town Rd., Sylva, N.C. 28779.
Moody Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
An online memorial and registry is available at www.pemoody.com.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 5, in Old Savannah Baptist Church. The Revs. Dennis Burrell and Eddie Deitz officiated. Burial followed in Old Savannah Cemetery.
He was the son of the late Robert and Ivory Buchanan Childers and the last surviving member of his family. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Army. He retired from Nantahala Power and Light as a line crew foreman. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 53 years, Jeanette Cabe Childers who died in 1993; three sisters, Marie Frizzell, Anna Belle Jones and Luna Brown; and four brothers, Howard, Sylvester, Blane and Alvin Childers.
Surviving are his wife, Etta Carter Childers; three sons, Johnny, Robert, and Ray Childers, all of Sylva; five daughters, Ann Ivalee Taylor and Betty Frady, both of Whittier, Marie Swanger, of Waynesville, Joyce Smith Sitton of Sylva and Terrie Snyder of Myrtle Beach, S.C.; one stepson, Alvin Carter of Sylva; four stepdaughters, Darlene Burrell, Rosetta Gates and Irene Gregg, all of Sylva, and Debbie Tucker, of High Point; 20 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; 10 step grandchildren and seven step great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Old Savannah Cemetery Fund, c/o Doug Hall, 41 Hall Town Rd., Sylva, N.C. 28779.
Moody Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
An online memorial and registry is available at www.pemoody.com.
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