Don Wallace Childress, 76, of Bogota, passed away Sunday, November 25, 2012 in Bogota.

He was a farmer, graduate of Dyersburg High School, member and treasurer of Bogota Church of Christ, board member of Farm Bureau, President of Elbridge Water Association, served as Dyer County Commissioner for 14 years, Century Farm Recipient, board member of Bogota Drainage District, board member of Bogota Community Center, member of Bogota Volunteer Fire Department, supporter of Dyer County Junior Market Livestock Association and a veteran of the U.S. Army.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Bogota Church of Christ with Mr. John Huse Robinson and Mr. Todd Hampton officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery. Dyersburg Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

The family will receive visitors from 5-8 p.m. Tuesday at Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Survivors include his wife, Judy Bargery Childress; five children, Julie Childress Moore (Mark), Don Wallace (Wally) Childress II (Tracy), Tony Andrew Childress (LeAnn), Jill Childress Friedmann (Robert) and Jennifer Childress Hampton (Todd); six grandchildren, Drew Ross (Gena), Doug Singleteary (Britni), Olivia Childress, Emma Friedmann, Trey Childress and Ellie Friedmann; four great-grandchildren, Carter Ross, Jared Dale Ross, Ace Ross and Jacks Singleteary; and a sister, Polly Childress Harness.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Roy Andrew and Mary Louise Strachn Childress; two brothers, Roy Wilburn Childress and Charles F. Childress; and a grandson, Dale Singleteary.

Pallbearers will be Wally Childress, Tony Childress, Drew Ross, Doug Singleteary, Neal Tubbs, Robert Friedmann, Trey Childress and David Jones.

The family requests that memorials be directed to Bogota Church of Christ or to The Bogota Community Center.