We are sad to announce that on December 25, 2020, at the age of 95, Ellen Bankston Childers of Glenwood, Arkansas, born in Amity, Arkansas passed away. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.

She was predeceased by : her parents, Paul Holmes Rowe and Beda Ellen Franks Rowe; her grandson David Franklin Bankston; her brother Paul Holmes Rowe, Jr.; her brother-in-law Ernest Echols; her sister Sharon Marie Echols; her niece Nancy Jane Echols; and her stepson Gerald Childers.

She is survived by : her husband Alfred Franklin "Bud" Bankston, Jr.; her former life partner Les Childers; her son Paul (Pamela Bankston); her grandson Christopher Paul (Amber Bankston); her great grandchildren, Kandyn Warren of Birmingham, Alabama, Kensley Bankston of Birmingham, Alabama and Norah Elizabeth Bankston of Birmingham, Alabama; her stepson Kim (Christi Childers); her granddaughter Amy Childers Mueller (Bryce Mueller); and her stepdaughter Sue (Ralph Torgensen) of Long Beach, California..

Memorials may be made to Grace Baptist Church, PO Box 1160, Glenwood, Arkansas 71943 or the Glenwood Senior Adult Center, PO Box 465, Glenwood, Arkansas 71943.

Funeral arrangement under the care of
Smith Family Funeral Homes