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Obituary:

B. Thurston Childs

Mr. B. Thurston Childs, 82, of Minden, passed away on Sunday, April 28, 1996 following a lengthy illness. Childs was a retired superintendent for Alpha Construction Co.

Funeral services will be held at Rose-Neath Funeral Home's Minden Chapel under the direction of Rev. Malcolm Self at 10:30 a.m. on May 1, 1996. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery in Haughton.

Childs was preceded in death by his parents: Pharis Franklin Childs and Mamie Love Bonnell; his first wife, O'Leater Young Childs; daughter Gwendolyn Gail Graham; grandson, Ronny Thurston Makowsky.

Childs is survived by wife, Hollis Jeanne Houston Childs of Minden; two daughters, Sandra Faye Haynie and husband Leon and Gloria Joye Makowsky and husband Sam, all of Minden; two step-sons, Rodger Mitchell and wife Barbara of Shongaloo and David Mitchell and wife Kathleen of Atlanta, Texas; two sisters, Thelma Hodges and Ruth Boothe both of Evergreen; brother Huey Childs of Elm Grove; 7 grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren and 6 step-grandchildren.

(Published in the Minden, Louisiana Press-Herald on April 30, 1996)

Bonnie married Hollis Jeanne Houston 27 Oct 1980, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA. Hollis (daughter of John Hollis Houston and Lillie May Franks) was born 10 Jul 1927, Sarepta, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 1 Oct 2008, Springhill, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 3 Oct 2008, Pilgrims Rest Cemetery - Shongaloo, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]