Leda Childress age 84, a resident of Heritage Hall Nursing Facility in Lawrenceburg, passed away Tuesday morning, August 4. She was born in Straw, a little community of Edmonson County, on October 11, 1935. She was the daughter of the late Melvin Arthur Childress and Ida Lena Wilson Childress. She was a retired accountant with Ford Motor Company and she was of the Methodist faith.
Leda is the last of 13 children who preceded her in death Wilma Rigdon, Herlie Childress, Aleen Stevenson, Robert A. Childress, Alvin Childress, Pauline Childress(as an infant), Laverne Sally Sanders, Lilbon Childress, Wilbur Childress, Eugene Childress, Jimmy Childress(as an infant) and Geraldine Wood.
Leda is survived by her husband Garland Kenneth Childress who she married on August 17, 1953.
She is also survived by her sister-in-law Dana Rorer and numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral services for Leda Childress will be 12:30 CST Friday, August 7 at the Cub Run Methodist Church
with burial in the Cub Run Cemetery. Visitation will be after 9:30am Friday at the Cub Run Methodist Church.
Everyone is asked to wear a face covering to protect the family. Funeral arrangements are being handled by the Sego Funeral Home.
