Sally C. Childs

Services to celebrate the life of Sally Childs will be Tuesday, February 20, 2007 at St. Mary?s Catholic Church beginning with a Rosary at 11:30 AM with Mass of Christian Burial beginning at 12 Noon, with Father Gavin Vaverek officiating. Burial will follow in Oaklawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Athens, Texas at 3:30 PM. Services are under the direction of Rader Funeral Home of Longview. The family will receive friends from 6-8 PM Monday evening at the funeral home. Friday, February 16, the lights in Heaven began to burn a little brighter. Our precious mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend, Sally Cecila Galsce Childs, was called home to be with Jesus Christ. She was reunited with her mother, Margaret Lyden Galsce and her father, William Galsce. Heaven will be forever changed, and the earth will never be the same. Sally made the trip to Heaven in the arms of her beloved son after her heart could simply beat no longer. She was 66. Sally was born in Detroit Michigan on May 23, 1940. She spent her early years growing up in Harper Woods with her sisters and her friends. She was the consummate tom boy. The son her father never had. She loved to fish and hunt. She was mischievous and adventurous. Her oldest sister introduced Sally to her new boyfriend, an Airforce boy. Her sister, Pat, soon married this Airforce boy, Bennie. Bennie just so happened to have a little brother, Aubrey. When Aubrey and Sally met, it was the beginning of a life long relationship. Sally and Aubrey married in 1961. They had five precious works of art: Debbie, Dave, Donny, Dawn and Diana. Sally was a dedicated homemaker and devoted mother. She taught the importance of family and cherished every moment she had with her children. Sally was the epitome of the self-sacrificing servant leader. Teaching her children by example to love, to be generous, and to appreciate every circumstance and situation as a precious gift. As her children grew, Sally left the home and entered the working world. She went to work at Internal Medicine Association and worked as a receptionist, medical records specialist, ?resident therapist?, devoted friend and office clown! She worked at IMA for over 27 years. Sally is survived by her children: Deborah Ann Killingsworth and her husband Oliver, David William Childs and his wife Cindy, Donald James Childs, Dawn Marie Allen and her husband Luke, and Diana Lynn Johnson and her husband Charles. She has 3 grandchildren: Stephen Kyle Killingsworth, Ashley Nicole Killingsworth and Ryan Scott Killingsworth. 2 sisters: Pat Childs and Sandy Genovich. Sally is also survived by a host of beloved friends Marsha Patterson, Terry and Kent Williams and Susan Thomas just to name a few. Sally?s friends numbered and shone in her life like stars in the night sky. Pallbearers will be Luke Allen, Kent Williams, Charles Johnson, Charlie Johnson, Oliver Killingsworth, Ryan Killingsworth and Stephen Killingsworth.

Sally C. Childs

May 23, 1940 - February 16, 2007