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==Early life & education==
Born on [[November 25]], [[1933]] in [[Wright, Florida]], then known as Crackers Neck,<ref name="posterboy">[http://www.beachbrowser.com/Archives/Local-News/March-2000/Childers-Unlikely-Poster-Boy-for-Term-Limits.htm "Childers Unlikely Poster Boy for Term Limits."] ''Associated Press'', March 4, 2000.</ref> Wyon Dale Childers attended from [[Bay County High School]] and went on to Florida State University, where he met [[Ruth Childers|Ruth Adell Johnson]]. They were married on December 21, 29531953, and Childers graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in education in 1955. He became a math teacher and supplemented his salary with roofing work and door-to-door sales. He capitalized on the sale of trendy items — hula hoops in the 50s, color televisions in the 60s — and also practiced real estate.
==Florida Senate career==