Gayle Ruth (Sherwood) Childers, 73, of Tunnelton, passed away peacefully, Friday, Dec. 23, 2022, with her loving husband, Emery E. Childers, by her side. They were united in marriage on Sept. 23, 1983. She was born July 14, 1949, in Washington D.C., a daughter of the late Quentin and Ruth Sherwood.
Gayle was a member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary, she enjoyed camping, fishing, playing cards, going to the Kingwood and Tunnelton Senior Centers and visiting with family and friends. She was a member of the Camp Chapel United Methodist Church. Gayle will be greatly missed by many.
In addition to her husband she is survived by four children, Alvin Lewis and wife Sherri, Justin Childers and wife Amber, all of Terra Alta, Stephanie Hauser and husband Joe, of Aurora, and Elizabeth Gulledge and husband John, of Terra Alta; 14 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren; one brother, Gary Sherwood and wife Mitzi, of Arlington, Va.; two brothers-in-law, Bill Childers and wife Georgia, of Tunnelton, and George Childers, of Manassas, Va.; and numerous nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one son, Jonathan Childers; one infant daughter; and her mother and father-in-law, John and Ocie Childers.
Friends may call at Kingwood Funeral Home, 295 S. Price St., Kingwood, from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m on Wednesday, Dec. 28. Funeral services will be conducted at the funeral home at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 29, with Pastor Edward Martin officiating. Interment will follow at Childers Cemetery.
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