Obituary

Goldie Childers
(February 10, 1923 - January 8, 2012)

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith, henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day; and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. 2 Timothy 4:7,8. Goldie Childers, 88, of Barboursville, WV, loving mother, grandmother, and sister, went to sleep peacefully in the arms of the Lord Sunday night, waiting for the Lord to come and take her home. She was born February 10, 1923, in Cabell County, to Albert and Lucy Sid Cremeans Gibson. She is also preceded in death by her husband Hubert Childers; a son Wayne Bubby Childers; a granddaughter, Kathy Ross; three brothers, Lovell, Charles and Wilford Gibson. She was a member of the Salem United Baptist Church having been baptized October 24, 1937 and has served and praised the Lord faithfully since then. She is survived by four daughters, Sharon (David) Ross, Shelia (DC) Allen, Marki Mallory and Betty Bates; four grandchildren, Karen Miller, Jason Allen, Shannon and Clayton Bates; three great grandchildren, Kandi and Thomas Miller, and Madison Allen; three brothers, Elder Edsel Gibson, Elder Carlos Gibson, and Mike Gibson; two sisters, Juanita Ferguson and Mona Chafee; a sister-in-law, Pauline Gue, and a host of friends and loved ones. Donations may be sent to Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House. The family would like to thank Dr. Michael Gibbs, and the Hospice Nurses for their loving care of Our Mother. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Wallace Funeral Home, Barboursville. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday, January 11, 2012, at Wallace Funeral Home & Chapel, Barboursville, by Pastor Jody Thompson. Burial will be in Green Valley Cemetery.