Beckham Co. - Obit for Charity E. Childress

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Charity E. Childress
NEVADA - Charity E. Welch Childress, 74, died Saturday, Dec. 23, 2000.

Services were at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Rockwall Chapel at Rest Haven Funeral 
Home at Rockwall with the Rev. Scott McManus officiating. Graveside services 
will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Edith Ford Memorial Cemetery at Canadian with the 
Rev. Rick Timmons, pastor of Central Baptist Church of Canadian, officiating. 
Arrangements are by Rest Haven Funeral Home of Rockwall and Stickley-Hill Funeral 
Directors of Canadian.

Mrs. Welch was born in Ada, Okla. A longtime resident of Canadian, she worked as 
a waitress.

She married Delmar C. Welch in 1943 at Arnett, Okla. He died in 1967. She married 
Cloris B. Childress in 1975. He died in 1994.

Survivors include four daughters, Virginia Pruitt and Nancy Wainwright, both of 
Elk City, Okla., Bobbie Brumley of Terrell, and Gladys Hutton of Taylor; three 
sons, Luther C. Welch of Las Vegas, Delmar H. Welch of Nevada, and Jim B. Welch 
of Celeste; two sisters, Evelyn Carter of Amarillo and Goldie Beck of Locust 
Grove, Okla.

Visitation will be from 6 until 8 p.m. today at the funeral home in Canadian.

Amarillo Daily News, Dec. 28, 2000