Dorothy Bunting Childress

Dorothy Bunting Childress BRISTOL Mrs. Dorothy Bunting Childress, 85, died Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010, at The Cambridge House in Bristol following an extended illness. A native of Butler, Tenn., she was the daughter of the late Jadie S. and Ida Reece Bunting. Mrs. Childress was a graduate of Elizabethton High School, Mars Hill Junior College, Mars Hill, N.C., and received a B.S. degree from East Tennessee State University. During World War II, she worked for the American Red Cross office in Elizabethton. After graduation from E.T.S.U., she moved to Bristol Tennessee and joined the Bristol Tennessee School System as teacher at Anderson Elementary School. After several years, she transferred to Haynesfield Elementary School from which she retired in 1985 after 33 years service. Mrs. Childress was a member of First Baptist Church, Bristol Virginia. She was a former Sunday school teacher of the Business Women's Class. She was a former training union director of First Baptist Church in Elizabethton, Tenn. Mrs. Childress was a former member of the National Education Association, the Bristol Tennessee Education Association and the Delta Kappa Gamma Honorary Society. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Childress was preceded in death by her husband, Roy K. Childress; and one infant child. Survivors include a son, Ken Childress and wife Michelle, Bristol Virginia; a grandson, Logan Childress, Bristol Virginia; a sister-in-law, Ann Robinson and husband Frank, Elizabethton; and a first cousin, Nell Jenkins and husband Clyde, Elizabethton. Funeral service for Mrs. Dorothy Bunting Childress will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010, in the Chapel of Peace of Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, with Rev. Ron Owens officiating. Music will be under the direction of Fred and Carol Goodwin. Interment will follow the funeral service in Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active pallbearers will be Thomas Isaacs, Todd Isaacs, Millard Fitzsimmons, Bud Julian, Fred Goodwin and Clyde Jenkins. Honorary pallbearers will be Phil Isaacs, Glenn Isaacs, Nathan Goodwin, Joshua Robinson and Frank Robinson. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 10 - 11 a.m. on Thursday prior to the funeral service. Those who prefer memorials in lieu of flowers, may make donations to First Baptist Church of Elizabethton, 212 East F St., Elizabethton, TN 37643. Online condolences may be sent to the family and viewed by visiting our Web site at www.tetrickfuneralhome.com Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, is in charge of arrangements. Telephone: 423-542-2232. Obit Line: 423-543-4917.