Childress obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Name, date of obit, date submitted, submitted for the USGenWeb archives by: Childress, Gabe Hilton 6 Oct 1999 Oct 1999 Don Johnson Childress, Hezikiah Carl 15 Jun 2005 Jun 2005 Jerry Nelson Childress, Melvin Robert 5 Apr 2006 Apr 2006 Jerry Nelson Childress, Orrie Ruth Session 28 Jan 2006 Jan 2006 Jerry Nelson Childress, Pamela Murphy 23 Mar 2006 Mar 2006 Jerry Nelson Childress, Wayne Hilton 27 Dec 2002 Dec 2002 Don Johnson *************************************************************************** Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on: 10/6/1999 CHILDRESS, GABE HILTON A resident of Ponchatoula, he died Monday, Oct. 4, 1999, at North Oaks Medical Center, Hammond. He was 27 and a native of New Orleans. Visiting at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home, Hammond, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday and after 8 a.m. Thursday. Religious services at the funeral home chapel at 10 a.m. Thursday, conducted by the Rev. Larry Alphonse. Interment in Parklawn Memorial Gardens. Survived by his parents, Wayne and Orrie Sessions Childress, Ponchatoula; and maternal grandmother, Mavis Emily Ayreis, Campti. Preceded in death by grandparents, Robert and Viola Holder Childress and Thomas Sessions. Pallbearers will be Billy Wayne Sessions, Thomas Alvin Sessions Jr., Jason Alphonse, Anthony Alphonse, Arnold Childress and Sam Childress. *************************************************************************** Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge): 6/15/2005 CHILDRESS, HEZIKIAH CARL "HEZZIE" A resident of Ponchatoula, he died Monday, June 13, 2005, at his home. He was 67 and a native of Columbia, Miss. Visiting at Jesus Name Holiness Church, Ponchatoula, on Wednesday, June 15, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. and on Thursday from 8:30 a.m. until religious service at 2 p.m., conducted by the Rev. Glenn Henson. Interment in church cemetery. He is survived by four sons, Mark, Robert and Darryl Childress, all of New Orleans, and Carl Childress, Ponchatoula; a daughter, Elva Childress, Ponchatoula; two brothers, Jack and Melvin Childress; three grandchildren, Zachary, Marly and Carl Gage Childress; and a very special friend, Agnes Brinson, Ponchatoula. He was preceded in death by his parents, Bob and Elva Douglas Childress; brother, James Childress; and sister, Joyce Childress. Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home, Hammond, is in charge of arrangements. *************************************************************************** Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge): 4/5/2006 CHILDRESS, MELVIN ROBERT Melvin Robert Childress, a resident of Natalbany, died Monday, April 3, 2006, in LSUMC/Lallie Kemp Medical Center. He was 43, born Friday, Nov. 30, 1962, in Independence. He worked as a truck driver. Surviving are his wife, Sharon White Childress; daughter, Savanna Childress Harris; grandchildren, Hunter and Haylee Harris; brothers, Terry, Steve, Tommy, William and Tracy Childress; and sister, Joyce Cryer. Also survived by numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, James and Dianna Wolfe Childress. Friends will be received at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home in Ponchatoula on Wednesday, April 5, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., with service at 7 p.m. E-mail condolences to: hmckneely@i-55.com / subject line: Childress. *************************************************************************** Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge): 1/28/2006 CHILDRESS, ORRIE RUTH SESSION A 54-year-old resident of Coushatta and native of Natchitoches, she died Friday, Jan. 27, 2006, at Christus Shumpert Hospital, Shreveport. Visitation at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home, Hammond, on Saturday, Jan. 28, from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. and on Sunday from 8 a.m. until 11 a.m. Religious service will begin at 2 p.m. in the funeral home chapel. Interment in Parklawn Memorial Gardens, Hammond. She is survived by a granddaughter, Briar Rose Childress of Ponchatoula; three sisters, Lynne Moore of Coushatta, April Ward of Ashland, and Ruby Gooden of Campti; two brothers, Tommy and Billy Session, both of Campti; brother-in-law, Samuel Childress of Hammond; and a sister-in-law, Vicki Childress of Hammond. Preceded in death by her husband, Wayne Childress; son, Gabe Childress; and parents Tom and Mary Emely Session. *************************************************************************** Obituary published in The Hammond Daily Star on: 3/23/2006 CHILDRESS, PAMELA MURPHY Ponchatoula - Pamela Murphy Childress, 45 years old of Ponchatoula, died Wednesday, March 22, 2006 at her residence. She was born Friday, August 19, 1960 in Covington, daughter of Omer Murphy and the late Ruth Foy Murphy. Surviving are her husband, William Childress of Ponchatoula; two daughters, Jessica Lynn Childress of Baker, Evalyn Ruth DeRocha of Ponchatoula; three sons, Christopher G. DeRocha, Kenneth M. DeRocha, and Timothy W. Childress all of Ponchatoula; granddaughter, Kelsi R. Baham of Ponchatoula; three brothers, Johnny Murphy, James Murphy, and Richard Collins, all of Ponchatoula. Friends will be received Friday, March 24, 2006 from 1:30 pm until the graveside service at 2:00 pm at Sand Hill Cemetery in Ponchatoula. Interment will follow in the Sand Hill Cemetery. Email condolences to: hmckneely@i-55.com / subject line: Childress. *************************************************************************** Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on: 12/27/2002 CHILDRESS, WAYNE HILTON A carpenter and a resident of Ponchatoula, he died Thursday, Dec. 26, 2002, at his home. He was 55 and a native of Guntersville, Ala. He was a U.S. Marine veteran. Visiting was held at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home, Hammond, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday. Visiting at the funeral home chapel from 8 a.m. until religious service at noon Friday. Interment in Parklawn Memorial Gardens. Survived by wife, Orrie Ruth Session Childress, Ponchatoula; three brothers, Johnny Childress and Arnold Childress, both of Picayune, Miss., and Samuel Childress, Kenner; a sister, Sharon Alphonse, Ponchatoula; a granddaughter, Briar Rose Childress, Ponchatoula; two nephews, Jason and Anthony Alphonse, Hammond; and two great-nephews, Ashton Alphonse, Hammond and David Alphonse, Gainsville, Fla. Preceded in death by his parents, Robert Hilton and Viola Childress; and a son, Gabe Hilton Childress. Pallbearers will be Johnny, Arnold and Samuel Childress, Mike Noto, Steve Cornman and Jerry Thompson. *************************************************************************** File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/tangipahoa/obits/obitssur/childress.txt