Childers, Robert Wayne 'Bob'

1932 - 2022  (90 years)

• Name	Childers, Robert Wayne 'Bob'
  Birth	30 Apr 1932	Bible Grove, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	CHIL.R001
  Military Service	United States Army
  Death	26 Jul 2022	Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois   [1]
  Person ID	I17897	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	Childers, Oscar,   b. 7 Oct 1904, Richland County, Illinois d. 12 Jul 1993, Flora, Clay County, Illinois (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Webster, Laurel Marie,   b. 4 Sep 1903   d. 11 Aug 1969 (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	Y  [2]
  Family ID	F5433	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Davis, B.J.
  Children	1. Childrers, E.J.A.   2. Childers, L.M.   3. Childers, T.L.   4. Childers, R.W. Jr.
  Family ID	F7986	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 30 Apr 1932 - Bible Grove, Clay County, Illinois Death - 26 Jul 2022 - Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Robert Wayne Childers, age 90, of Flora, Illinois, passed away Tuesday afternoon, July 26, 2022, at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana. He was born April 30, 1932, in Bible Grove Township, the son of Oscar and Laurel (Webster) Childers. He was united in marriage to Beverly Jean Davis on October 17, 1954, at the Flora First Methodist Church and together they have shared 67 wedding anniversaries. Bob was a 1950 graduate of Flora High School. He attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale studying agriculture while completing three years of college prior to being inducted in the Army. He served as an MP in the Army from 1953-1955. He loved the Lord and was a member of the Flora First United Methodist Church. Bob had a love for farming and had worked in the fertilizer business for a number of years. He had a great love of people and conversation, but above all he loved his family, cherishing time spent traveling with them. Bob enjoyed playing dominoes, spending time outdoors, mushroom hunting, watching birds and squirrels, and fishing in his early years. He also enjoyed watching sports and was an avid St. Louis Cardinal baseball fan. He was a member of the Flora American Legion Post 14. He is survived by his wife: Beverly Childers of Flora; 4 children: Edith Jo Anne (Robert) Edwards of Carrollton, Virginia, Laura Mae (Floyd) Ervin of Centralia, Tracey Lynne (Jeff) Cartnal of Florissant, Missouri, and Robert Wayne (Karyn) Childers Jr. of Estes Park, Colorado; 4 grandchildren: Jonathan Edwards, Olivia Miller, Stuart Ervin, and Robert Eugene Cartnal II; a brother: Larry (Alice) Childers of Flora; a sister: Rosemary Elmore of Newton; a sister-in-law: Joyce Childers of Colorado; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother: Charles Curtis Childers; and a sister: Norma Jane Henson. Private family services will be held. Interment in Elmwood Cemetery will take place with the presentation of military funeral honors. Arrangements are by Frank & Bright Funeral Home in Flora. Memorial donations are suggested to Flora First United Methodist Church and will be accepted through the funeral home. To share a condolence or memory, visit: www.frankandbright.com

  
  

• Sources

  [S15437] Frank & Bright Funeral Home, Obituary, Childers, Robert Wayne, 90, (http://www.frankandbright.com/obituaries/obit/1281/) (Reliability: 2). [S4441] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Childers, Laurel M. and Oscar, (http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=1081&GScid=105559&GRid=20517811&), none. (Reliability: 2).