Childers Sr., Verl 
 	
Graveside services for Verl Childers Sr., 79, of Longview, will be 10 
a.m. Monday, November 6, 2006, at Summerfield Cemetery with the Rev. 
Brad Nelson officiating. Mr. Childers died Friday, November 3, 2006, 
at a local medical center. Arrangements are under the direction of 
Welch Funeral Home, 4619 Judson Road. Mr. Childers was born February 
27, 1927, to Robert Chester and Neylon Stephens Childers in Longview. 
He was a member of Summerfield United Methodist Church. Mr. Childers 
was a graduate from the school of nursing at Providence Hospital in 
Waco, and was retired after 30 years of service as a registered nurse 
with the V.A. Hospital in Temple. He returned to Longview in 1977, 
where he raised his two granddaughters, Donna and Jennifer. He loved 
his grandchildren, great-grandchildren and enjoyed raising milk goats. 
Mr. Childers is survived by his wife, Grace Childers of Longview; son 
and daughter-in-law, Verl Jr. and Liz Childers of Itasca, Texas; 
daughter, Linda Childers of San Antonio; brother, Mack Childers of 
Biloxi, Mississippi; granddaughters and husbands, Carey and Ryan 
Clagett of Trophy Club, Texas, Lindsay and Joe Savala , Donna Kay and 
Jason Blades, all of San Antonio, Jennifer and Andrew Rucker of Longview, 
and Heather and Randall Centers of Midland; granddaughter, Kelley 
Childers of Modesto, California; Paul Maleski of Nacogdoches; 
great-grandchildren, Katheryn and Lucas Blades of San Antonio, Texas, 
Madalynn and Keeten Centers of Midland, Arik Maleski, Jude and Gracie 
Rucker of Longview. The family requests memorials be made to the Methodist 
Children's Home of Waco, Texas, at 111 Herring Ave., Waco, Texas 76708, 
or Summerfield United Methodist Church at 4912 Tryon Road, Longview, 
Texas 75605. The family will receive friends at the Childers' home. An 
online registry may be signed at www.news-journal.com, by clicking on 
the obituaries link.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 11/5/2006.

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Childers Sr., Verl 
  	
Graveside services for Verl Childers Sr., 79, of Longview, will be 10 a.m. 
today, November 6, 2006, at Summerfield Cemetery with the Rev. Brad Nelson 
officiating. Mr. Childers died November 3, 2006, at a local medical center. 
Arrangements are under the direction of Welch Funeral Home, 4619 Judson Road. 
Born February 27, 1927, in Longview, he was a member of Summerfield United 
Methodist Church and retired after 30 years of service as a registered nurse 
with the V.A. Hospital in Temple. Survivors include his wife, Grace Childers; 
son, Verl Childers Jr.; daughter, Linda Childers; and brother, Mack Childers. 
The family will receive friends at the Childers' home. An online registry may 
be signed at www.news-journal.com, by clicking on the obituaries link.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 11/6/2006.