Odell Layman Childress, 73
The retired owner of Childress Auto Salvage, she was the daughter of the late Warner and Annie Layne Layman; and was preceded in death by her husband, William A. Childress in 1992; son, Jodi Childress; and brothers, Ralph and Earl Layman.
She is survived by daughters and sons-in-law, Judy Ewell of Ocala, Fla., Shirley and David Black, Debby and John Satterfield, all of McMinnville; sons and daughters-in-law, Jerry Childress, Ernest and Sharon Childress, David and Terry Childress, all of McMinnville; 12 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren; brothers, Millard, Gene and Everette Layman, all of Palmer; sisters, Nana Turner and Helen Boren, both of Palmer, Geneva Conry and Netta Scoggin, both of Altamont, and Ann Underhill of Beersheba Springs; several nieces and nephews.
Services were held Thursday at High’s Chapel with Newton Gribble officiating. Burial followed at Shellsford Cemetery.
High Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Jan. 14, 2005