Dennis Childers Sr.
GAFFNEY, S.C. - Mr. Dennis Childers Sr., 50, of 401 E. O'Neal St., died
Saturday, March 16, 2002, at Upstate Carolina Medical Center.
Born in Cherokee County, S.C., he was a son of the late William Dennis and
Betty Dean Allison Childers. He retired from Hamrick Mills, where he was a
roving tender.
He is survived by his wife, Nelda Benton Childers; two sons, Dennis Childers
Jr. and John Childers of Gaffney; two sisters, Sylvia Batchelor of Blacksburg,
S.C., and Modean Kaye of Palatka, Fla.; a brother, David Childers of Kings
Mountain; and three grandchildren.
The funeral will be Tuesday at 1 p.m. at Gordon Mortuary Chapel in Blacksburg, with
Dr. Ray St. John officiating. Burial will be in Clingman Memorial Gardens.
The family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 8 at Gordon Mortuary, and at
other times at 147 Petty Drive, Gaffney.
