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A memorial service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Aug. 20 for retired Brig. Gen. Gerald “Jerry” Childress, who died July 7 in his sleep at his Roswell home.
The service will be conducted at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 505 N. Pennsylvania Ave. The service also will be live-streamed on the St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church and LaGrone Funeral Chapel websites for family members and friends who are unable to attend.
A private family interment will be conducted later at the Santa Fe National Cemetery.
Jerry, 91, was a longtime member of the Roswell Rotary Club.
He was a combat veteran of the Vietnam War who was appointed superintendent and president of New Mexico Military Institute after retiring from the Army.
