Lena Sarah Childers

Jonesboro – Lena Sarah Childers, 95, passed away Tuesday, April 20, 2010 at Skilcare Nursing Center. She was born July 4, 1914 in Fontaine to the late Tom C. and Mary Elizabeth Scott. In her youth she was an all star girls basketball player. Mrs. Childers retired from General Electric in 1969. She also worked for the Bono Gin Company and was joint owner of the Fontaine and Trumann Grocery Stores. She was a member of the Shady Grove United Methodist Church where she taught Sunday School and was a youth leader. She loved to read, fish, camp, garden and yard work. She was also very involved in her grandchildren’s sports events and lives. Survivors include her daughter, Rhonda J. Childers Shannon of Jonesboro; three brothers, Loyde Scott and Ray Scott of Walnut Ridge and Joe Glen Scott of Branson, Missouri; six grandchildren, Laurette E. Felding of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, Scott Childers and Heather Childers both of St. Charles, Missouri, William Devon Bryant of Jonesboro, Christopher Scott Bryant of Detroit, Michigan and Stephanie Breanne Lenox of Southhaven, Mississippi and seven great-grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Wilgus M. Childers; a son, Scotty Allen Childers; two sisters, Nora Edna Thompson and Lorene Scott; six brothers, Infant twin brother, Caraway Scott, Floyde Scott, Thomas Scott, Larry Scott and Billy Gene Scott. A celebration of her life will be held on Friday, April 23, 2010 at 2.00 p.m. at the Gregg Funeral Home Chapel in Jonesboro with Rev. Wayne Clark officiating. Burial will follow in Lorado Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday, April 22, 2010 from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. at the Gregg Funeral Home in Jonesboro. Honored to serve as pallbearers are William Devon Bryant, Christopher Scott Bryant, Stephen Ryan Lenox, William Rhett Bryant, Nelson Childers, and Randy Scott and as honorary pallbearers, Loyde Scott, Ray Scott, Joe Glen Scott, Scott Childers, nieces and nephews and the members of the former Shady Grove Methodist Church.