Oscar Millage Childress^[1]

1887 - 1957  (69 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	Oscar Millage Childress
  Born	10 Dec 1887	Red River Co., Texas
  Gender	Male
  Census	1910	Justice Precinct 6, Wood, Texas
  Occupation	Cattle Rancher
  Died	9 Oct 1957	Gladewater, Gregg Co., Texas
  Buried	Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, Wood Co., TX
  Notes	Name: Oscar M. Childress Death date: 09 Oct 1957 Death place: Gladewater, Gregg, Texas Gender: Male Race or color (on document): white Age at death: 68 years 9 months 29 days Estimated birth year: Birth date: 10 Dec 1888 Birth place: Texas Marital status: Married Spouse name: Father name: Henry Childress Father birth place: Mother name: Mother birth place: Occupation: Cattle Rancher Residence: Mineola, Wood, Texas Cemetery name: Mt. Pisgah Cemetery Burial place: Wood County, Texas Burial date: 10 Oct 1957 Additional relatives: Film number: 2135870 Digital GS number: 4163619 Image number: 2560 Reference number: cn 54807 Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 [2] Married 2nd cousin? Ola Mae Mezzles...... Oscar Childress Buried At Mt. Pisgah Friday Funeral Services for Oscar M Childress, well known Wood County rancher and land owner, who resided in the Pine Mills community, were held at the Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church Friday afternoon at 3:30 with Rev. T. Williams of Gilmer and Bro. Arthur Dimsdle officiating. Mr. Childress died suddenly at a Gladewater hospital Wednesday night. He was born in Red River County in 1888 and had lived in Wood County since he was five years old. Interment was in the Mt. Pisgah cemetery under the direction of the Cain Funeral Home. Pall bearers were D.B. Clonts, C. W. Walls, C. C. Mize, Jack Thompson. Bill Bailey and Arvil Dobbs. He is survived by his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Otho Smith of Shreveport; two sisters, Mrs. Letha Turner and Mrs. Ozzie Dobbs, both of Mesquite, and 2 grandchildren. WOOD COUNTY DEMOCRAT 10/17/1957 [3]
  Person ID	I4724	Extended Families of Childress
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2020

  
  

  Father	Henry Pierson Childress,   b. 29 Sep 1853, Louisiana ,   d. 7 Feb 1907, Wood County, TX  (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Susan Catherine Bivins,   b. 16 Aug 1854,   d. 24 Sep 1904  (Age 50 years)
  Married	23 Dec 1873	Red River, Texas
  Family ID	F1720	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Bessie L Laminack,   b. 1890, AL ,   d. 20 Mar 1928  (Age 38 years)
  Children	1. Otha Mae Childress,   b. 12 Jun 1915, Wood County, TX ,   d. 19 Jul 2005  (Age 90 years)
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2020
  Family ID	F1750	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Ola Mae Mezzles,   b. 17 Nov 1902,   d. 6 Oct 1961, Waco, McLennan Co., TX  (Age 58 years)
  Married	16 Oct 1935
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2020
  Family ID	F1759	Group Sheet

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Oscar Childress Obituary Notice Wood County Democrat - October 10 1957
  		Oscar M Childress Death Certificate
  		Oscar Millage Childress Obituary Notice Wood County Democrat Oct 17 1957

  
  

  Headstones

  Oscar M Childress and Bessie Laminack Mount Pisgah Cemetery, Pine Mills, Wood Co., TX

  
  

• Sources

  [S246] Childress - Turner Web Site, John Scharf, Oscar Millage Childress (Reliability: 3), 18 May 2009. Added by confirming a Smart Match [S171] Texas Death Index 1890-1976. [S253] Wood County Democrat, 10 Oct 1957.