Bill Osborne Childress and Rev. Bob Childress were born in the late 1800s in "The Hollow" of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. They were brothers. This book is filled with stories about their nineteen children. Stories of mountain life, stories of WWII, letters between cousins, Hattie's poems, a story of the Childress rock churches, and an unfinished autobiography written by Rev. Bob . . . plus more than 100 photos. Told and shared by children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and cousins of the nineteen.
Editor Katherine R. Vestal is a retired educator of Rowan-Cabarrus Community College. She has a Master's of Education and a Master's of Divinity and is an active member of First Presbyterian Church in Salisbury, NC. This book is a labor of love, as these Childress "cousins" are her heritage. She is the great-great-granddaughter of James "Babe" Childress, the great-granddaughter of William "Bill" Osborne Childress, and the granddaughter of Bonnie Childress Pike.
The book is available from bookshop.org, Amazon, Books-a-Million, Barnes & Noble or your favorite bookstore or library.
ISBN 979-8839269927
copyright 2022
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Video travelogue companion to book: Childress Cousins | The Hills & Hollows of Southwest Virginia | Floyd, Patrick, and Carroll Counties - YouTube
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