Rubena Childers Silver
July 9, 1932 ~ July 1, 2011
Resided in:
Candler, NC
Rubena Childers Silver, 78, of Candler, NC passed away Friday, July 1, at her home.
Born in Canton, NC, she was the daughter of the late Joe and Connie Penland Childers. Mrs. Silver spent all of her adult life in Candler, where she was a homemaker and mother. For many years, she was active in the United Methodist Women, and served as President of the Asheville District. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church.
Surviving are her husband of 32 years, Richard J. Silver; two daughters, Cathey Rhodarmer Turbyfill (Philip) of Candler, Andrea Rhodarmer Cody (Ed) of Asheville, and one son, Alan Rhodarmer (Marlene), of Weaverville. Also surviving are two brothers, Frank Childers (Lois) of Merritt Island, FL, Harold Childers (Felma) of Canton, NC, and two sisters, Mary Jo Harris of Candler, NC, and Martha Stiles of Clyde, NC, nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Raymond Childers and Ralph Childers.
Memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, July 30, at Trinity UMC in West Asheville with Rev. Rodney Hagans officiating. The family will receive friends in the sanctuary immediately before the service, at 10 a.m.
Memorials may be made to CarePartners Hospice, PO Box 25338, Asheville, NC 28813, and/or to Trinity UMC, 587 Haywood Rd., Asheville, NC 28806.
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Cathey, We were so sorry to hear of your Mom’s death. We still think of all of our American Enka coworkers and remember all of the good times we had working together. Please remember our thoughts and prayers are with you at this time.
Cathey, I am truly sorry to hear of your loss. Your mother had to have been a wonderful woman in God’s eye. She gave birth to you, a wonderful , caring daughter.
Praying for you
Joyce
Dear Richard: We are so sorry to hear of Rubena passing. She will be greatly missed by all at Trinity United Methodist Church and members of the Ownbey-Mann Sunday School Class. We will continue to keep you in our thoughts and prayers.
Jimmy and Barbara
Sincere condolences to all the family. I have fond memories of Rubena from early childhood, when my parents took us small sons to visit Uncle Joe Childers and Aunt Connie at their hillside home in Canton. (My father Roy was Joseph’s much younger brother.) Our older girl cousins, including Rubena, made us rather shy boys feel very welcome with their bright, warm spirits. I remember being especially fascinated by the little ‘hen and chicks’ sempervivum plants they showed us growing magically out of the side of clay pots beside the steps up to the house. Now, these sixty some years later, we have hen and chicks growing out of the stone wall beside our driveway.
Later, Rubena helped organize the Childers family reunions in the 1980’s, bringing descendants of Thomas Clingman Childers, Jr, from near and far.
In my father’s last year, 1996, Rubena, along with cousin Mary Jo, visited my father when he was hospitalized in Asheville. All those years later, she still radiated the warmth and joy I remembered from early childhood and that visit brightened my father’s day quite visibly.
Rest in peace, dear Rubena.
Cousin Dwight Childers
Milwaukee, WI