Robert Childs

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Robert Childs, 75, of Roanoke will be Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Lee Parrish and Wade Price officiating. Burial will follow at Prospect Church Cemetery in Heard County, Ga.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on Saturday.

Mr. Childs died Thursday, Sept. 7, at Wedowee Hospital.

A Cragford native, Mr. Childs was born Nov. 21, 1941, the son of Norman and Jewel Atchison Childs. He was a member of Beulah Baptist Church and worked as a mechanic for Dawkins-McCord Chevrolet and Buster Robinson Garage and at Superior Gas.

Survivors include his wife, June Childs of Roanoke; two daughters, Wilma McClain (husband, Mike) of Cleveland, Ga., and Tonya Parrish (husband, Lee) of Woodland; two sons, Danny Nelson of Ashland and Jody Nelson (wife, Lisa) of Lawrenceville, Ga.; 14 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and one sister, Gwen Howell of Jacksonville,. Mr. Childs was preceded in death by his parents.

Pallbearers will be Joseph McClain, Matthias Rollins, Sam Nelson, Josh Nelson, Hunter Nelson and Russ Nelson.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.quattlebaumfuneralhome.com.

Quattlebaum Funeral Home, Roanoke.