Operator of trailer park dies<\/strong>.\u00a0 Robert Roy Childers, Sr., 70, of State Highway 61, Clinton Rt. 5, died at 8:05 p.m. Sunday at Oak Ridge Hospital of heart disease.\u00a0 He had been ill since early July.<\/p>\n He was head of the Marlow Utility District maintenance department, and owned and operated Childers Trailer Park near his home.\u00a0 Childers was a member of Glenwood Baptist Church of Oak Ridge and enjoyed gardening and raising hogs.<\/p>\n He was a native of Piedmont, Ala.\u00a0 and lived in Oak Ridge in earlier years.\u00a0 His wife, Jewell Minton Childers, died about four years ago.<\/p>\n Survivors include two sons, Robert Roy Childers, Jr. and Virgil Roy Childers of Clinton Rt. 5; three daughters, Mrs. Charles (Betty) Ross of Orange Park, Fla., Mrs. John T. (Elsie) Farmer, Sr. of Clinton Rt. 7 and Mrs. Bobby (Robbie) Parker of Powell; a brother, Clyde Childers of Piedmont,; three sisters, Mrs. Jewell Johnson and Mrs. Ruby Wilson of Piedmont and Mrs. Fayrene Bell of Napa, Calif.; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n Funeral services were held Wednesday at Weatherford Mortuary chapel in Oak Ridge with the Rev. Oscar Henley and the Rev. John Brantley officiating.\u00a0 Burial was in Anderson Memorial Gardens.<\/p>\n Clinton Courier-News<\/em>, July 17, 1980<\/p>\n [Transcribed by Stephanie A. Hill from a photocopy of the microfilm in the genealogy vertical files at Lake City Library.]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"