Kaylene Ann (Willhite) Cardwell-Childress, daughter of the late William Dearl Willhite and Norma Faye (Bennett) Willhite, was born April 17, 1966, in Houston, Missouri, and departed this life May 20, 2022, in Springfield, Missouri. She was 56 years, 1 month, and 3 days of age.
Kaylene was preceded in death by a daughter, Britoni Cardwell, her husband, Randy Childress, her dad, Dearl Willhite, a brother, Steve Willhite, and a brother-in-law, Edwin Kincheloe.
She is survived by her two sons, Derek Cardwell and his wife, Kristina, of Nixa, Missouri, and Delaine Cardwell and his wife, Megan, of Hartville, Missouri, her mother, Norma Willhite of Hartville, Missouri, one sister, Sondra Kincheloe-Bennett and her husband, Dorisel, of Lebanon, Missouri, one brother, Bobby Willhite and his wife, Melissa, of Hartville, Missouri, a sister-in-law, Dyann Willhite of Hartville, Missouri, six grandchildren, Wyatt, Elodie, Landon, Bentley, Madison, and Jaxon, and many other friends and relatives.
