Mr. Sam Childree Jr., a resident of Ozark, died Thursday, January 29, 2026, in Flowers Hospital. He was 79 years old.

In keeping with the wishes of the family, there are no public services planned for Mr. Childree. Holman Funeral Home of Ozark has been entrusted with the arrangements.

Mr. Childree was born January 10, 1947 in Newton, Alabama to the late Sam Childree Sr. and Beatrice Peacock Childree. He graduated from Carroll High School in 1965 and attended Wallace Community College. Sam worked at Fort Rucker with various contractors for thirty-five years in the sheet metal shop as a structural mechanic. He enjoyed hunting and working on old cars giving them a new life.

Sam is survived by one son, William Childree, Florida; two grandchildren; and one sister, Joanne Childree Trawick.