Funeral service for CW2 (Retired) George Childress, 86, Lawton will be at 1:30 pm Tuesday in the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Rev. Danny Elkouri, Pastor of Word Alive Church, Lawton officiating. CW2 Childress died Thursday in Lawton. Burial with full military honors will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. He was born May 8, 1926 in Berea, Kentucky to John and Sylvania (Wylie) Childress. He married Francine E. Earnhart on July 9, 1952 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. She passed away October 4, 2005. He retired from the US Army on September 30, 1968. He had served in Korea and Vietnam. While in the Army he earned the following awards: the Good Conduct Medal, Army of Occupation Medal (Germany), National Defense Service Medal with first oak leaf cluster, United Nations Service Medal, Korean Service Medal, the Republic of Vietnam Service Medal with bronze star, Vietnam Campaign Medal with 60 device, and the Overseas Service Bar. After his retirement from the Army, he worked at Milo Gordon Auto as a new car service tech, and later went to work for Lawton Public Schools as a custodian. George was an avid coon hunter, and loved camping and traveling. He is survived by his two children and their spouses, Rhonda Terry and husband Don of Norman, OK, Greg Childress and wife Gwen of Lawton, OK, son-in-law Charlie Culbertson of Duncan, OK, a brother Robert Childress and his wife Shirley of Richmond, KY, six grandchildren, Dustin Terry and wife Amy of Norman, OK, Clint Terry of Norman, OK, Casey Childress of Lawton, OK, Lauren Childress of Lawton, OK, Brandi Culbertson of Idaho, Lindsey Claborn of Lawton, OK, seven great grandchildren, Kristal Terry, Kaelyn Terry, Amber Terry, Adam Terry, Trent Terry, Kaylee Childress and Chase Culbertson, two nephews, Larry Childress and Delbert Childress and his wife Gwen, both of Kentucky. He is also survived by numerous other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by a daughter Shelah Culbertson