David Lamar Childress

Dave was born in Los Angeles, California in 1944 to Lamar and Helen Schultz Childress. Dave graduated from Anaheim High School in 1962 and enjoyed playing on the high school football team, surfing in the nearby ocean, and hiking in the mountains. He served in the United States Army with tours of duty in Viet Nam, Turkey, and Taiwan from 1963-1967. When he was 26 years old, he made a radical life-changing decision to accept Jesus Christ as his Savior and Lord-and then to become Christ's disciple. This brought him great joy and a major transformation to his lifestyle. He began preparing for serving the Lord by attending and graduating from Biola College, and then earned his masters degree from Talbot Seminary, just outside Los Angeles. During a summer while in college, he traveled to minister to Native Americans in British Columbia, Canada. There he met another summer volunteer worker, Ann Phillips, from Indiana. They married the following year and returned additional summers to serve in BC. Later they became the parents of three children: Lydia, Susanna, and Micah. Following seminary, Dave and his young family served with O.C. Ministries in the Philippines, where he was involved in evangelism, as well as discipling and training local pastors. Some years later, he was critically injured in an accident there; because of the seriousness of the resulting injuries, he and his family had to return to residency in the U.S. Dave and his family then settled in southern IN, where he pastored local churches. He served on the Southwestern School Board and coached his children's softball, baseball, and basketball teams. In the 1990s he created and produced the local radio programs "Silverwing" and "Solid Rock", sharing his love of Christ through music and Scripture. In the years prior to his retirement, he served in the Madison Schools as an English as a Second Language teacher k-12, where he enjoyed working with international students. One of his great joys was being a husband, parent and grandparent. Despite many difficult health issues, his later years were spent delighting in his ten beloved grandchildren, with devoted efforts to developing elaborate slip'n slides and legendary firework displays, in addition to joyful worship songs. He was active in Cornerstone Community Fellowship and thankful for any opportunities to minister to others for the Lord (even while he was a hospital patient). At home with his wife and three children by his side, he went to be with his beloved Savior on January 22, 2021 at the age of 76.

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A LOVING FAMILY David will be missed by his loving wife of 46 years, Ann Phillips Childress of Madison, Indiana; his loving children, Lydia Pfenniger and her husband, Fred of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Susanna Childress Banner and her husband, Joshua of Holland, Michigan, and Micah Childress and his wife, Anna of Grand Rapids, Michigan; his adoring grandchildren, Noah, Nathaniel, Noe'mi, Noll David, Casper, Shepherd, Merritt, Ezra, Josie and Brynlee; his brother in law, Don Phillips and his wife, Yolanda of Madison, Indiana; his sister in law, Joyce Peden and her husband, Joe of Bloomington, Indiana; several nieces, nephews and other relatives. He was preceded in death by his parents, Lamar and Helen Jewel Schultz Childress, his brother, Dennis Childress, his sister, Cathy Thomas, his grandson, Jericho Banner; his brother in law, Jim Phillips and his father in law and mother in law, Ralph R. and Dorothy George Phillips.

FUNERAL CEREMONY Funeral services will be conducted on Saturday, February 13, 2021, at 1:00 p.m., by Dr. Scott Murphy at the Cornerstone Community Fellowship Church, 742 Jefferson Court in Madison, Indiana. PRIVATE Interment will follow in the Indiana Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 1415 North Gate Road in Madison, Indiana.

VISITATION Friends may visit Saturday, February 13, 2021 from 11:30 a.m. until the time of service at the Cornerstone Community Fellowship Church, 742 Jefferson Court in Madison, Indiana.

MILITARY HONORSA final salute with full military honors will be provided by the Major Samuel Woodfill Post No. 9 of the American Legion.

MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS Memorial contributions may be made to the Cornerstone Community Fellowship Church or the Samaritan's Purse. Cards are available at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centres of Madison and Hanover or the church. Online condolences, remembrances and memorials can be left at www.morgan-nay.com

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