Margaret "Pog" Childers, born December 14, 1939, and passed away on September 23, 2024, in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Survivors include son, Stephen Childers and wife Tonya of Cooter, Mo, Son, Marvin L. Childers and wife Charisse of Little Rock, AR and daughter, Mary Beth Rhodes and husband, Riley of Steele, MO.

Four grandchildren, Blythe Rhodes Poe and husband, Jacob of Dallas, TX, Seth Childers and wife Andrea of Vacaville, CA, Hunter Childers of Cooter, MO and Lauribeth Conlee and husband Colton of Pontotoc, MS and five great grandchildren, Rhodes and Bishop Poe, Rhett and Levi Childers and Childers Conlee.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Marvin Childers, her parents Elvis and Opal McCann, and daughter, Laurie Childers Smith and granddaughter, Mary Witten Smith.

Pog was a homemaker, bookkeeper and a great cook. She loved her family and loved living in Cooter, and she loved being referred to as Mom Pog. She was a member of Holly Grove Baptist Church in Cooter MO, and she leaves behind special nieces and nephews and a host of people she considered family and friends.

Funeral services were held on Thursday September 26, 2024, at 11:00 am at The Holly Grove Baptist Church in Cooter, Missouri with Brother Dave Lewelling officiating. The visitation was held from 10-11 the same day at the church. Interment was in the Mount Zion Cemetery in Steele, Missouri. Pall Bearers were Seth Childers, Hunter Childers, Kevin Childers, Colton Conlee, Jacob Poe and Gregg Smith.

Memorial may be made to the Holly Grove Baptist Church PO Box 56 Cooter, Mo 63839, Mount Zion Cemetery, PO Box 35 Steele, MO 63877 or Le Bonheur Children's Hospital in Memphis, TN 848 Adam's Ave. Memphis Tn 38103.

Arrangements under the direction of John w. German Funeral Home in Steele, Missouri