User:John Wayne Childers

John Wayne Childers (b. 1938, Glen, Mississippi - d. 1974, Booneville, Mississippi) was the father of United States Representative Travis W. Childers.

Facts about John Wayne

 * He was born and raised in the small town of Glen, Mississippi, near Corinth. He is of English and Native American descent.


 * He moved to Booneville as a young man, where he met his wife, Betty. Betty was a young woman who had a French-American/Cajun background.


 * He died in 1974 when his son Travis was 16-years-old.


 * If he would have lived to see his son get married, he would have been the father-in-law of the former Tami Gibson.