William "Bill" Walter Childress

Rhome lost a faithful servant on Wednesday, March 8, 2017, as William "Bill" Walter Childress went home to be with our Lord Jesus. 

Funeral is 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 13, 2017 at Church of Christ in Rhome with burial in Boyd Cemetery.  Family will receive friends 4-6 p.m. Sunday at Hawkins Funeral Home Chapel in Boyd.

Brother Roy Deaver will officiate.  Pallbearers include Chris Pennington, Ross Pennington, Jim Walling, Mark Anderson, Tony Byrne, and Weston Boyd.

Bill was born on September 18, 1939 to Ann Wallace Blackburn in Justin, Texas.  He was a member of the Church of Christ in Rhome.  Bill worked at Centennial Cable, Vecta Furniture and McDonald Technologies.

He will be missed by so many.  Bill was a courageous man who lived out his faith as he supported the Rhome Library and the Senior Citizens of Rhome and other areas of southern Wise County.  He was never afraid to speak up and defend the neglected and abused, the homeless or the hurting.  Bill loved Rhome and worked fervently to see it grow into a harmonious place where families could raise their children in safety and community.  He encouraged the citizens to have pride in their heritage, to honor those who came before them, and his special passion was the pictorial history he was developing at the Rhome Library.  He had hoped to get it collected into a book someday.  Bill would no doubt love for you to come by the library and see all his picture collections.

Bill was preceded in death by his parents, Joe T. and Leona (Wallace) Childress.

Those left behind to cherish his memory are his sons, Scott Childress and wife Michelle of Minnesota and Jeff Childress of Kyle; his granddaughters, Taylor Childress of Minnesota and Sophia Childress of Kyle; his birth mother, Ann Wallace Blackburn of Fort Worth; his sisters, Camille Boyd of Fort Worth, Kathy Ward and husband Tom of Houston, and Melissa Kendrick and husband Ken of Benbrook; along with many nieces, nephews and a host of friends.

We all know Bill would want donations made to the Rhome Public Library P.O. Box 427 in lieu of flowers.

Hawkins Funeral Home, Boyd, Texas, 940-433-5310 www.hawkinsfuneralhomes.com

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