William 'Bill' Eldon Childress

William 'Bill' Eldon Childress

William "Bill" Eldon Childress, 77, of Comanche died Sunday, April 21, 2002, in Comanche.

Service will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Bailes-Polk Funeral Home Chapel in Duncan with Ben Scott officiating. Graveside service will be at 2 p.m. in the Fairlawn Cemetery.

Mr. Childress was born May 29, 1924, in Comanche to William Franklin and Ina Pearl Childress.

He married Corene "Cody" Clayton in January 1959, in Nolan County, Texas. She preceded him in death on Nov. 8, 1998.

He worked as a boat mechanical engineer for the State Boat Company in Morgan City, La., until his retirement in 1990, at which time he returned to Comanche to live.

Survivors include his mother, Ina Morgan, of Comanche; a brother, Charley Childress of Comanche; a sister, Barbara Jean Willingham of Kingston; a son, Billy Childress of Wyoming; two step-sons, Rocky Jenkins of Fredericksburg, Texas, and Brocky Jenkins of Lodi, Calif.; three daughters, Dorinda Hardy of Bayou Vista, La., Donna Kline of Hemet, Calif., and Debbie Childress of Beaumont, Calif.; three step-daughters, Corene "Babe" Franks and June Taylor, both of Dinuba, Calif., and Stormy Richards of Comanche.

He was preceded in death by his father, a step-father, and a step-son, Bobby Jenkins.