Donald Dean Childers

SERVICES: Graveside services will be 10:00 AM Tuesday, June 12, 2007, at Fairview Cemetery with Jim Wart, pastor of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, officiating. Arrangements are by Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.BIOGRAPHY: Mr. Childers was born July 26, 1924 in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Don's father, Albert Leonard Childers, moved the family to the Texas Panhandle during the Texas Panhandle oil boom. As a youngster, Don was known for the skill of "busting broncs" on the Canadian River. He attended Pampa schools and graduated from Pampa High School. As a young man, he served in the U. S. Navy during World War II. He married Alexia Kathleen Brown on Aug. 15, 1943 in Pampa. Following his military service, he became a member of the Pampa business community where he owned and operated Don's TV Repair Service. He was a member and elder of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. He was an avid outdoor enthusiast that included fishing, camping, and motorcycle trail bike riding. Mr. Childers also loved music and was a self-taught musician, playing the steel guitar, electric guitar, and fiddle. Above all, he was a loving husband, father, and grandfather. Alexia preceded him in death on July 13, 2004. Alexia, his wife of 61 years, was his greatest love of all, and he had missed her everyday for the past three years.SURVIVORS: 2 sons: Dan Childers and wife Patty of Louisville, CO, and Bruce Childers and wife Lee of Alvarado; 1 brother: Bob Childers and wife Aileen of Pampa; and 2 grandchildren, Hillery and Clinton.MEMORIALS: Odyssey Healthcare, 6900 I-40 West, Suite 150, Amarillo, TX 79106.