Ina Faye Childress

Ina Faye (Douthit) Childress, 97, longtime Bowlegs, Oklahoma, resident, went to be with her Lord, Tuesday, February 24, 2015 in Chickasha, Oklahoma. Ina was born January 14, 1918 in Heavner, Oklahoma to Lottie Mae ( Simmon) and James Lloyd Douthit. Ina was the 2nd of eight children and they grew up in the plant 13 area, south of Seminole, Oklahoma. The "Douthit boys" were avid baseball players, and Ina would go in an play for them, when one of the boys had to sit out, she could play with the best of the area boys. Ina was a homemaker and a very dedicated  member of the Bowlegs Assembly of God Church. She married Tom T. Childress on March 13, 1937 and they made their home in Phillips, Texas for many years until in 1958 they moved back to Bowlegs, Oklahoma, he preceded her in death on October 8, 1977. She is survived by her five children; Opal Nadine Stroud and her husband Darrel of Salina, Oklahoma,Rex Lloyd Childress of Lindsay, Oklahoma, Wanda Maxine Ladd of Chickasha, Oklahoma, Wilma Jean Martens and her husband Lawny of Enid, Oklahoma and Linda Kay Pewitt and her husband Don of Prague, Oklahoma; eight grandchildren Tom  and Lori Stroud, Michael Ladd, David and Mark Pitts, Neil Martens, Jerry and Donna Pewitt. Great grandchildren Maxwell, Wyatt, Kelsie, Kiersten, Allie, Hunter, Hayden, Alexis, Kaylee, Trent, Aubry and two great great grandchildren Lindy and Lila. She was preceded in death by her parents, five brothers, Truman, Herman, John, Riley and Don Douthit, two sisters, Eddie and Bea Webb. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M., Thursday, February 26, 2015 at the Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Wolf Cemetery. Funeral Information: February 26, 2015, 2:00 PM Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel located at 1001 N. Milt Phillips Ave., Seminole, OK 74868