Juanita Childress Goldstein

Born June 9, 1957, in Lynchburg, she was the daughter of the late James Childress and the late Bessie Childress.

Juanita was a former Radiologic Technologist for over 26 years. She was a great singer and musician. She was a member of Jubilee Baptist Church where she served faithfully as a Sunday school teacher and in the Childress Family Gospel group. She loved the outdoors, gardening and her cats. She was also a loving wife, mother and grandmother.

In addition to her parents, Juanita was preceded in death by one brother, Mark Childress.

She is survived by her children, Jesse Stevens of Concord, Michael Stevens and his wife, Mandy of Appomattox; step-children, Serena Goldstein and Ian Goldstein, both of Ozark, Al.; two sisters, Diana Massie of Rustburg and Dolly Owen of Concord; four brothers, James Childress and his wife, Charlotte of Big Island, Wayne Childress and his wife, Margo of Concord, Pastor Roger Childress and his wife, Mary and Ken Childress and his wife Peggy all of Lynchburg; five grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

A funeral service will be conducted 1:00 p.m., Monday, September 9, 2019, at Jubliee Baptist Church with Rev. Larry Fitzgerald and Evangelist Earl Clarkson officiating. Interment will follow in Jubliee Baptist Church Cemetery.

The family will receive friends 6-8 p.m., Sunday, September 8, 2019, at Whitten Timberlake Chapel.