Leon Childress, 68, formerly of Oceana, died Sunday at his home in Deland, Florida, apparently of a heart attack.
Born October 18, 1914, in Richlands, Virginia, he was the son of the late William Nathaniel and Epsie Lou Underwood Childress.
Mr. Childress was a 43 year resident of Wyoming County, a former general mine foreman for Eastern Associated Coal Company, the Kopperston Mine Division, a past president of the Wyoming County Board of Education, a member of Toneda Missionary Baptist Church, and the Pineville Masonic Lodge No. 126.
Mr. Childress also attended the Stetson Baptist Church in Deland, Florida
He was preceded in death by a brother, Cas Childress, and a half sister, Alma Lambert.
Survivors include his wife, Nan Matney Childress, a daughter, Betty Davidson, of Deland, Florida. Two sons, Richard Childress, and Paul Childress of Virginia; a half brother, Hamilton Childress of Youngstown, Ohio, a half sister, Thelma Kirk of Kingsport, Tennessee, and four grandchildren.
Services will be Wednesday at 11:00AM in the Toneda Missionary Baptist Church with the Reverend Roy Lester officiating. Burial will be in the Palm Memorial Gardens cemetery, at Matheny, West Virginia
Born October 18, 1914, in Richlands, Virginia, he was the son of the late William Nathaniel and Epsie Lou Underwood Childress.
Mr. Childress was a 43 year resident of Wyoming County, a former general mine foreman for Eastern Associated Coal Company, the Kopperston Mine Division, a past president of the Wyoming County Board of Education, a member of Toneda Missionary Baptist Church, and the Pineville Masonic Lodge No. 126.
Mr. Childress also attended the Stetson Baptist Church in Deland, Florida
He was preceded in death by a brother, Cas Childress, and a half sister, Alma Lambert.
Survivors include his wife, Nan Matney Childress, a daughter, Betty Davidson, of Deland, Florida. Two sons, Richard Childress, and Paul Childress of Virginia; a half brother, Hamilton Childress of Youngstown, Ohio, a half sister, Thelma Kirk of Kingsport, Tennessee, and four grandchildren.
Services will be Wednesday at 11:00AM in the Toneda Missionary Baptist Church with the Reverend Roy Lester officiating. Burial will be in the Palm Memorial Gardens cemetery, at Matheny, West Virginia
Leon Childress, 68, formerly of Oceana, died Sunday at his home in Deland, Florida, apparently of a heart attack.
Born October 18, 1914, in Richlands, Virginia, he was the son of the late William Nathaniel and Epsie Lou Underwood Childress.
Mr. Childress was a 43 year resident of Wyoming County, a former general mine foreman for Eastern Associated Coal Company, the Kopperston Mine Division, a past president of the Wyoming County Board of Education, a member of Toneda Missionary Baptist Church, and the Pineville Masonic Lodge No. 126.
Mr. Childress also attended the Stetson Baptist Church in Deland, Florida
He was preceded in death by a brother, Cas Childress, and a half sister, Alma Lambert.
Survivors include his wife, Nan Matney Childress, a daughter, Betty Davidson, of Deland, Florida. Two sons, Richard Childress, and Paul Childress of Virginia; a half brother, Hamilton Childress of Youngstown, Ohio, a half sister, Thelma Kirk of Kingsport, Tennessee, and four grandchildren.
Services will be Wednesday at 11:00AM in the Toneda Missionary Baptist Church with the Reverend Roy Lester officiating. Burial will be in the Palm Memorial Gardens cemetery, at Matheny, West Virginia
Born October 18, 1914, in Richlands, Virginia, he was the son of the late William Nathaniel and Epsie Lou Underwood Childress.
Mr. Childress was a 43 year resident of Wyoming County, a former general mine foreman for Eastern Associated Coal Company, the Kopperston Mine Division, a past president of the Wyoming County Board of Education, a member of Toneda Missionary Baptist Church, and the Pineville Masonic Lodge No. 126.
Mr. Childress also attended the Stetson Baptist Church in Deland, Florida
He was preceded in death by a brother, Cas Childress, and a half sister, Alma Lambert.
Survivors include his wife, Nan Matney Childress, a daughter, Betty Davidson, of Deland, Florida. Two sons, Richard Childress, and Paul Childress of Virginia; a half brother, Hamilton Childress of Youngstown, Ohio, a half sister, Thelma Kirk of Kingsport, Tennessee, and four grandchildren.
Services will be Wednesday at 11:00AM in the Toneda Missionary Baptist Church with the Reverend Roy Lester officiating. Burial will be in the Palm Memorial Gardens cemetery, at Matheny, West Virginia
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