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 PUBLISHED OCTOBER 29, 2003

 

Paul L. Childress

Aug. 20, 1937 – Oct. 26, 2003

Paul L. Childress, 66, a resident of Greenfield died Sunday October 26 at Hancock Memorial Hospital in Greenfield. He was born August 20, 1937 in Nashville, Tenn., a son of the late James Alvin and Emma (Horton) Childress.

Mr. Childress was an U.S. Army veteran serving from 1963 to 1965. He retired after 33 years of service from AT&T and had also worked for six summers at Whispering Hills Golf Course in Indianapolis. He was a 1956 graduate of Arsenal Technical High School. He as an avid golfer, fisherman and NASCAR fan.

He is survived by his wife of 37 years whom he married November 18, 1966, Georgiana (Tompkins) Childress of Greenfield; three sons, Steven Boyd Childress, Attica, Timothy Paul Childress and Glenn Adam Childress, both of Indianapolis; three sisters, Virginia Denman of Indianapolis, Betty Farnsworth of Lawrence and Dorothy Cottongim of Brownsburg; six grandchildren; several nieces, nephews and cousins; one uncle and aunt, James and Ola Horton of Hendersonville, Tenn. He was preceded in death by three infant children and a brother, James W. Childress.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. today (Wednesday, Oct. 29) in the Condo & Son Funeral Home in Wilkinson with Jim Jackson officiating. Burial will be in McCray Cemetery.

Visitation was held Tuesday, October 28 at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Hancock Memorial Hospital Foundation or the American Heart Association.

 

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