Dorothy Louise Cline Childers

Mrs. Dorothy Louise Cline Childers, age 90, of Rockmart, GA passed away Thursday, July 21, 2016 in Rome following several years of declining health.

She was born in Centre, AL on June 2, 1926 a daughter of Lewis Charles Cline and Annie Loraine Marler Cline. At the age of fourteen her mother died and she had to leave school to take over her mothers' responsibilities. She then married Fred Childers at the age of sixteen and shared fifty one years together before his death on August 10, 1994. Mrs. Childers was a lifelong resident of Rockmart and a member of the Rockmart First Baptist Church.

Mrs. Childers was an excellent budget manager allowing her children to feel whole and satisfied. She worked for her best friends, Dorothy and Frank Rhinehart at Rhineharts' Ladies Shop in downtown Rockmart for many years and following their retirement she continued to work for Fran Long in the same shop. She was an excellent parent and balanced her work responsibilities and homemaking responsibilities. Mrs. Childers was an excellent cook and was at the center of the Childers Family events.

Following her retirement from Rhineharts' she felt the need to return to work and took a job at Eastside Elementary School in the cafeteria where she worked for eight years before she retired for good.

In addition to her parents and husband she was preceded in death by a daughter, Freddie Jean Childers Scoggins and by three brothers.

Although the last four and a half years have been filled with distress and serious health issues let's remember this lady as an important element in the business development in Rockmart as well as a giving and important character of the Childers Clan.

Surviving are her son, David Leslie Childers, Rockmart; granddaughter, Leslie Rhea Childers Beck and husband Robert; grandson, Ira Le Childers; great grandchildren: Daimen Beck, Marlon Marales and Katlyn Beck.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, July 23, 2016 at 12 noon in the Rockmart First Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. Greg Thompson and her son David Childers officiating. Interment will follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery.

The family will receive friends Saturday from 11:00 am until the service hour at the First Baptist Church.

In lieu of flowers the family has requested that memorial gifts be made to the Rockmart First Baptist Church in Mrs. Childers memory.

The Alvis Miller & Son Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements for the funeral of Mrs. Dorothy Louise Cline Childers.