Lestel & Ollie Childress

Childress, Lestel (1927-2010) and Ollie Childress (1930-2003).  White oak basketmakers with ties to Hart, Edmonson, and Warren Counties.  They were instrumental in passing on basket traditions to Scott Gilbert and Beth Hester, who later created the Basketmakers' Catalog, based in Allen County, KY.   Commentary about this image by Scott Gilbert. 

Ollie and Lestel Childress, basket makers