Donald Dean Childress 76 passed away May 27 2007 at The Bluffs in Columbia Missouri following a long battle with congestive heart disease.Dean was born March 4 1931 to Lewis Lee and Eva Mary Hayden Childress in Lowell Indiana. He married Geraldine Joan Inderski who preceded him in death. To this union were born seven children Karen M. Miller and her significant other David Brown of Columbia Bruce Childress and his wife Jeannie and Brian Childress and his wife Diana of Memphis Missouri Gary Childress and his wife Barbee of Greentop Missouri Scott Childress of Pilot Grove Missouri. Mr. Childress then married Sandra Cook Walden of Memphis and her children: Lynette Vassholtz and her husband James of Memphis Madrian Gibson and her husband Monty Todd Walden and Kyle Walden all of Columbia Missouri Shelly Walden of Port Charlotte Florida and Dyke Walden and his wife Lisa of OFallon Missouri. Also surviving are seventeen grandchildren a great-grandson a sister Jeannette Ebert and her husband Carlton of Milton Iowa and a brother-in-law Edward Inderski and his wife Bettie of Bloomfield Iowa. He was preceded in death by a sister Verna Kessell and a brother Robert Childress.Dean spent the majority of his life as an active farmer. The Childress family moved to Memphis in 1969 from Lowell Indiana. He was the owner and operator of Deans Liquors. Public service was always a part of his life from serving on the Scotland Coounty R-1 School Board Scotland County Nursing Home Board and his final position as Scotland County Associate Commissioner. After retiring in 2004 he spent his good days outdoors--hunting fishing or gardening.In lieu of flowers memorials are preferrd to the Scotland County Cancer Fund and may be left at or mailed to Memplhis Funeral Home 378 South Market Street Memphis Missouri 63555.