Husband: Howard Childers
Born: Aug-12-1924 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 1,2
Died: Feb- 3-2010 in Ponca City, Kay Co, OK 3
Buried: in Newkirk Cemetery, Kay Co, OK 2
Resided: in Ponca City, Kay Co, OK 2,4
Resided: 1993, 2003, 04, 06 in Kildare, Kay Co, OK 5,6,7
Census: 1930, 1940 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: power plant foreman, Chilocco Indian School, Bureau of Indian Affairs 2
Military: (enlisted 4/9/1943) Paratrooper, 82nd Airborne, US Army, WW II (Europe) 8,9,2,10
Father: Claude Childers (1890 - 1931)
Mother: Winnie Yates (1890 - 1963)
Wife: Rhea Mariah Gaskins
Married: Sep- 7-1942 in Selma, Dallas Co, AL 11,12
Born: Oct-13-1924 in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV 1,2
Died: Apr-13-2014 in Ponca City, Kay Co, OK 13
Buried: in Newkirk Cemetery, Kay Co, OK 2,14
Resided: in Ponca City, Kay Co, OK 2,12
Resided: 2004, 2005 in Kildare, Kay Co, OK 5,6
Resided: 1967 in Ponca City, Kay Co, OK 6
Census: 1930, 1940 at Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV 15
Occupation: U.S. Postal Service 2
Father: Larmer Lester Gaskins (1894 - 1984)
Mother: Willa Edith Benedum (1897 - 1967)
M Child 1: Robert Wayne "Bob" Childers
Born: Nov-20-1946 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 2
Died: Apr-22-2008 in Stillwater, Payne Co, OK 16
Resided: in Stillwater, Payne Co, OK 2
Resided: formerly in Nashville, Davidson Co, TN 2
Resided: until abt 1953 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 17
Education: University of California at Berkeley (music)
Occupation: singer, composer, musician 2
Notes
M Child 2: Living
F Child 3: Living
M Child 4: Living
M Child 5: David Childers Died: bef Apr 2008 5
Sources: (1) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (2) Obituary. (3) Obituary - Hospital. (4) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (5) Obituary of brother. (6) Obituary of sister. (7) Obituary of wife's brother. (8) U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. (9) U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (10) Newspaper article. (11) Obituary of wife. (12) Obituary of husband. (13) Obituary - Nursing home. (14) Findagrave.com. (15) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). (16) Obituary - At home. (17) Wikipedia.org (http://www.wikipedia.org)