Funeral service for Mary Frances Johnson Childers, 80, of Priceville, will be Friday, March 25, 2022 at 1:00pm at Peck Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Richard Richie officiating with burial in the Pines Cemetery with Peck Funeral Home directing.
Visitation will be from 6:00pm until 8:00pm Thursday evening at the funeral home.
Frances, who died on Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at Summerford Nursing Home was born December 22, 1941 to Alva and Anna Lee Johnson in the Pines community. During her lifetime, she was a homemaker, an avid gardener, and a prize-winning amateur photographer. She enjoyed and excelled at crafts of all kinds, including painting, calligraphy, basket weaving, ceramics, to name just a few. She was a breast cancer survivor and always looked forward to attending Camp Bluebird. She was a longtime member of the Decatur Art Guild and earned a place in Decatur’s Polar Bear Club.
Survivors include her three sisters, Carol Jean Montgomery, Martha Stewart (Milt) and Kathy Harbin (Al) ; two brothers, Larry Johnson (Jan) and Kenneth Johnson, three sons, Tommy Childers, Randy Knighten (Wendy), and Arvel Childers (Cel); two daughters, Vickie Parkhill and Kathy Austin; seven grandchildren: Dewayne Childers, Jennifer Phillips, Adam Childers, Lawrence Parkhill, Lindsey Holemon, Nickie Knighten, and Dane Childers; 10 great-grandchildren; and l great-great grandchild.
Her grandchildren and great-grandchildren will serve as pallbearers.
In lieu of flowers, make Memorial contributions to the Decatur Art Guild.
