Deanna Gay Childers, daughter of the late, Brenda Carter Collins, was born on March 22, 1964 in Bernie, Missouri and departed this life on December 24, 2016 at her residence in Dexter at the age of 52.

Mrs. Childers was a member of the First Baptist Church of Bernie.  She was the office manager at Jim Gibson Trucking in Dexter.  She was a resident of Dexter.

On July 13, 1979, she was united in marriage to Terry Childers in Bernie, Missouri.  Mr. Childers survives of their home in Dexter.

Besides her husband, she is survived by three sons, James Madison Childers and wife Lisa of Dexter, Terry Joe Childers Jr. of Dexter and Gavin Aaron Childers and wife Toni of Dexter; by one daughter, Christina Michelle Woolard and husband, Nick of Naylor, Missouri; by one brother, Shane Sweet of Anna, Illinois; by four sisters, Nita Stubbs of Phoenix, Arizona, Sue Belcher of Dexter, Jeannie Porter of Dongola, Illinois and Shanna Sweet of Mill Creek, Illinois and by nine grandchildren, Zach Woolard, Jennifer Woolard, Mason Childers, Drake Childers, Brylee Childers, Carter Childers, Bella Childers, Breanna Childers and Maddi Childers.

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Tuesday, December 27, 2016 from 12:30 P.M. until 2:30 P.M. 

Funeral services will then be conducted on Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at 2:30 P.M. in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel in Dexter. 

Interment will follow in the Dexter Cemetery.