Mrs. Childs was born in Freestone County on December 1, 1914 to parents John Willard and Cora Lee Missildine Moore. She married Johnny Hoyle Childs on January 5, 1935 and he preceded her in death in 2002. She was a lifetime area resident and a member of New Life Assembly of God Church. For many years she cooked at the former Fairfield Hospital and was known by family, friends and neighbors for her advanced skills in the kitchen. In addition to her husband and parents she was preceded in death by a son, Johnny Clayton Childs in 1998; two brothers, John Felix Moore and Jerry Moore; two sisters, Mable Utsey and Jean Blissett.
Left to cherish her memory are four children, Cora Sue Lambert and husband Ralph of Fairfield; Janice Ivy and husband Sydney of Fairfield; David Hoyle Childs; Bruce Childs; one sister, Peggy DeBorde of Houston, TX; 13 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren and 5 great-great-grandchildren.
Visitation: 1:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at Capps Memorial Chapel
Funeral Service: 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at Capps Memorial Chapel
Interment: Day Cemetery
Mrs. Childs was born in Freestone County on December 1, 1914 to parents John Willard and Cora Lee Missildine Moore. She married Johnny Hoyle Childs on January 5, 1935 and he preceded her in death in 2002. She was a lifetime area resident and a member of New Life Assembly of God Church. For many years she cooked at the former Fairfield Hospital and was known by family, friends and neighbors for her advanced skills in the kitchen. In addition to her husband and parents she was preceded in death by a son, Johnny Clayton Childs in 1998; two brothers, John Felix Moore and Jerry Moore; two sisters, Mable Utsey and Jean Blissett.
Left to cherish her memory are four children, Cora Sue Lambert and husband Ralph of Fairfield; Janice Ivy and husband Sydney of Fairfield; David Hoyle Childs; Bruce Childs; one sister, Peggy DeBorde of Houston, TX; 13 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren and 5 great-great-grandchildren.
Visitation: 1:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at Capps Memorial Chapel
Funeral Service: 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at Capps Memorial Chapel
Interment: Day Cemetery
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