Obituary

Denzil Childers
(September 20, 1926 - December 9, 2011)

Denzil Childers, 85, of Barboursville, WV, went home to be with his Lord on Friday, December 9, 2011. Funeral services will be postponed. Burial will be in Enon Cemetery. He was born September 20, 1926 in Cabell County, WV, a son of the late Gilbert Childers and Minnie Porter Childers. He was a former employee of the US Postal Service and was a retired employee of Cabell County Board of Education and the Wallace Funeral Home. He was a US Army veteran serving in World War II and was a member of Steele Memorial United Methodist Church. He was a fifty year member of Minerva Lodge No. 13 A. F. & A. M. Barboursville, whose members will conduct Masonic raveside rites. He was preceded in death by a son, Terry Brent Childers, one sister, Ermalee Eaton and two brothers-in-law, Robert Eaton and Bill Peck. He is survived by his loving wife of sixty-three years, Deloris Beckett Childers; two daughters and sons-in-law, Cheryl and Carl Sullivan of Huntington and Becky and Dale Kyle of Barboursville; three sons, Danny Childers and his wife Sherrie of Barboursville, Randy Childers of Salt Rock, WV, and Tim Childers of Barboursville; one sister, Dolcie Peck of St. Charles, MO; nine grandchildren, Tara, Todd, Lori, Scot, Kelly, Sara, Tyler, Ian and Whitney; ten great grandchildren; four step grandchildren; six step great- grandchildren; and his caregiver, Rosie Ragland. Visitation will be from 6-9 pm Monday at the Wallace Funeral Home, Barboursville. Memorial contributions may be made to the Building Fund at Steele Memorial United Methodist Church. Denzil will be greatly missed by his family and friends whose lives he touched in his own special way.