Age 71, Apache - Graveside service will be 2:00 pm Saturday at the Navajo Cemetery, East of Altus, Oklahoma with Frank Petty officiating. Mr. Childress died Wednesday at his home. Burial will be in the Navajo Cemetery East of Altus under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home, Lawton. He was born on April 5, 1937 in Cache, Oklahoma to Thomas P. and Thelma (Woodall) Childress. He attended school in Cache and Lawton. After high school he worked in the Washington and Idaho before joining the Air Force in 1955. He married Doris Adrienne Roberge on November 26, 1959 in Biddeford, Maine. They lived there after his discharge in 1962. He owned J & D Truck Lines and was a member of the Teamsters Union. He moved back to Oklahoma in 2000. Survivors include 8 children, Debbie Reese and husband Steve of Ohio, Steven M. Childress of Apache, Sharon Engleman and husband Jamie, Gary Childress and wife Erica, Heather Kaullen and husband Tim all of Missouri, Kimberly Gentle of Apache, David Hyde and wife Nancy of Fletcher and Joseph Hyde and wife Kelly of Sterling; 10 grandchildren; 4 great grandchildren; a brother, J. W. Childress of Oregon; a sister, Yvonne Rider of Lawton; and a life companion, Sandy Gardner of the home. He was preceded in death by his parents, 2 brothers, Kenneth and Jimmy Childress, 3 sisters, Patsy Lay, Sharon Watkins and Bobby Horton. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Saturday from 10:00 am till 12:00 pm.