Charline "Bill" Copes Childress

Charline “Bill” Copes Childress, 67, of Orange, Texas, passed away on December 22, 2016, at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont, Texas.

Funeral services will be held at 12:00 p.m., Saturday, December 31, 2016, at Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Dr. John H. Smith. Burial will follow at Magnolia Cemetery.

Visitation will be prior to the service beginning at 10:00 a.m.

Born in Woodville, Texas, on August 1, 1949, Charline was the daughter of Charles Copes and Beatrice (Jackson) Copes. She worked hard as a laborer for Livingston Shipyard for many years. Charline was a faithful member of Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church where she was a member of the Senior choir. She in the mission at her church, as well as a prayer warrior for many who needed prayer. Her children say she was the best mother on this side of heaven. She loved her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren and spent her time calling and praying for people.

Charline loved sports. She enjoyed playing softball and making homeruns with the Orange Softball League, as well as being a true fan of the Dallas Cowboys. Charline was a wonderful woman and will be greatly missed by everyone who had the pleasure of knowing her.

Charline was preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Beatrice Copes; sisters, Maxine Wooten and Josephine Gilder; grandchildren, Darrell “PooPoo” Gilbert, Jr., and Christopher Childress; and her daughter, Beatrice Childress.

Those left to cherish her memory include her loving husband, Alvin P. Childress, Sr.; children, Alvin P. Childress, Jr. (Vivian), of Lake Charles, Beola Childress, of Houston, Oscar Telford III, of Lake Charles, Jerry Telford, of Orange, Shironda Jackson (Byron), of Orange, Vanessa Telford, of Orange, Ricky Childress, of Orange, and Temetra Adams (Elliott), also of Orange; a host of grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and her siblings, Joe Copes, Herbert Copes, and Wanda Simmons, all of Woodville.

Serving as pallbearers will be Robert Budwine, Van Jenkins, Rogers Winbush, Derek Ruffin, Jr., Elijah Guillory, and Andre Jones.