When Derek Mac Childs was born on June 24, 1948,[1] his father, Constantine, was 25 and his mother, Helen, was 18. He died on August 24, 2010, in Troy, Alabama, at the age of 62, and was buried in Pike, Alabama.[2]
Derek Mac Childs of Troy died Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at Troy Regional Medical Center in Troy. He was 62. Funeral services for Dereck Mac Childs will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, August 28, 2010 at Springhill Emmanuel Holiness Church in Springhill with Rev. Wilburn Kirkland officiating. Burial will follow in St. John Cemetery with Skeen Funeral Home of Brundidge directing. Visitation for Mr. Childs will be held from 6-8 p.m. Friday, August 27, 2010 at Springhill Emmanuel Holiness Church. Mr. Childs was born July 24, 1948 in Brundidge, Alabama. He was an ordained Holiness Minister and a great singer especially in gospel and country music. He was a horse trainer and a retired truck driver. Suvivors include his wife: Victoria "Liz" Childs, Troy; 4 children and spouse: Cris and Dawn Ann Childs, Rocky Head; Jack Childs, and Timothy Childs, Jack, AL.; Christine Childs, Troy; 2 step-children: Jimmie Rutledge, Hattiesburg, MS; Cara (Joe) Manchel, Banks; mother: Christine McWaters Bolling, Enterprise; 2 brothers and sisters-in-law: Roy (Marcy) Childs and Ron (Virgie) Childs, all of New Brockton; 3 sisters and brothers-in-law: Gloria Childs, Virginia; Karen Bolling (Larry) Callahan and Sally Jan (Steve) Restievo, all of Enterprise; 8 grandchildren, 4 great grandchildren, 2 step-brothers, 2 step-sisters, and many nieces, nephews and cousins. Mr. Childs was preceded in death by his son, Gary Dean Childs, father, Constantine S. Childs, 2 brothers, Burnice Alan Childs and Jon Bolling,1 sister, Debra Ann Wilson, 2 nieces, Talietha Childs and Glenda Childs, grandparents, Bernice and Eathel Strength McWaters, and a stepson, Wesley Hopper.
Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
Featured Foodie Connections: Derek is 26 degrees from Emeril Lagasse, 27 degrees from Nigella Lawson, 27 degrees from Maggie Beer, 49 degrees from Mary Hunnings, 33 degrees from Joop Braakhekke, 29 degrees from Michael Chow, 25 degrees from Ree Drummond, 27 degrees from Paul Hollywood, 27 degrees from Matty Matheson, 27 degrees from Martha Stewart, 35 degrees from Danny Trejo and 33 degrees from Molly Yeh on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.