09/09/2025
Bobbie Jane Childress, 81, of Joaquin, passed away Sunday, September 7, 2025, in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Visitation will be held from 6pm to 8pm, Thursday, September 11, 2025, at Watson & Sons Funeral Home in Center. Funeral service will be held at 2pm, Friday, September 12, 2025, at Watson & Sons Chapel with Bro. Paul Silvey and Bro. Dean Register officiating. Interment will follow at Bethel Cemetery in Logansport, Louisiana.
Born September 4, 1944, in Logansport, Louisiana, Bobbie is the daughter of Ollie Lee Odis Morris and Hazel Barlow Morris. She attended Logansport High School where she played basketball for the Lady Tigers. After high school she met and married Johnny Ray Laffitte and had a daughter, Tammy. After a tragic loss of her husband, she later met and married Don Childress of Joaquin and they added a son, Dennis, to the family. She has lived in Joaquin on the family farm for the past 58 years.
Bobbie had many jobs in her lifetime from business to teaching to church directory sales. For the last 20+ years she has been one of the Directors of God’s Food Pantry in Logansport helping serve over 150 people each month. She was also a proud member of the Logansport Friends of the Library and was always ready to help with many activities in the community.
For the first 75 years of her life, she attended and served Bethel United Methodist Church in Logansport, where she proudly raised her family. In the last 5 years she became a loving part of Joaquin First Baptist Church where she was well known for her “famous peach cobbler” and recently the winner of the church chili cook-off!! Needless to say, her food was always a huge part of many church and family gatherings.
Her biggest legacy would be the Love and Compassion she had for her family. From attending rodeos to football games, twirling events and any other activities the grandchildren were involved in. Most recently this also included her great granddaughter.
Our mother, mamaw and great mamaw will be deeply missed but the comfort of knowing her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is by her side gives us all comfort.
She is survived by:
Daughter, Tammy and husband Jimmy Hamilton of Joaquin
Son, Dennis Childress and wife Shawnia of Center
Grandchildren:
Cody Hamilton and wife Cassidy of Joaquin
Colby Hamilton and Alexis of Joaquin
Bobbie Sue and husband Dalton Shaw of Keatchie, Louisiana
Great-grandchildren:
Hadley Claire Hamilton
Garrett Wade Shaw
Baby Girl Shaw (on the way)
Sister, Marguerite Honick of Ponca City, Oklahoma
Numerous nieces and nephews
Preceded in death by her husband, Don Childress; husband, Johnny Ray Laffitte; parents, Odis and Hazel Morris; brother, Johnny Marvin Morris; sister, Mary Helen Roberts; and brothers-in-law, Clifford Honick and Richard Roberts.
Pallbearers will be Cody Hamilton, Colby Hamilton, Dalton Shaw, Shawn Murray, Luke Murray, and Chase Kelly. Honorary pallbearers will be William Roe and Tommy McMellon.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to God’s Food Pantry, PO Box 763, Logansport, Louisiana 71049.
Online condolences and tributes can be sent at www.watsonandsonsfuneralhome.com.
