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Submitted: 12/28/13 • Approved: 2/21/19 • Last Updated: 2/24/19 • R970018-G970018-S3
Oscar
March 31, 1914 - February 3, 1996
Married December 7, 1933
Mary
December 15, 1915 - May 31, 2013
Obit:
Mary Azalee Givens, age 97, of Doddridge, Arkansas, passed away Friday, May 31, 2013, in Texarkana, Texas. Mrs. Givens was born December 15, 1915, in Dubberly, Louisiana, the second of eight children, born to Silas Richard and Lula Mae Ross Hawkins. She was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church.
Mrs. Givens was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Oscar Eugene Givens, Sr.; daughter, Mary Ann Givens; one infant daughter; granddaughter, Mary Elizabeth Calhoon; two great grandsons, Bryce Evan Givens and Hayden Zane Givens; son-in-law, Donald Black Nichols; and seven siblings.
She is survived by her daughters, Betty Rich and husband, Donald of Texarkana, TX, Nellie Nichols of Doddridge, AR, Frances Patterson and husband, Randy of Doddridge, AR, and Pat Calhoon and husband, Wiley of Texarkana, AR; sons, Oscar Givens and wife, Glenda of Atlanta, TX, and Bill Givens and wife, Fran of McNeil, AR; fourteen grandchildren; twenty-eight great grandchildren; five step-great grandchildren; five great-great grandchildren; and four step-great-great grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be her grandsons and Honorary Pallbearers will be her grandson-in-laws.
Funeral Services will be held at 2 pm Monday, June 3, 2013, at Macedonia Baptist Church in Doddridge, AR, with Dr. Randy Hawkins and Bro. George Goynes, Jr. officiating. Interment will follow at Macedonia Baptist Cemetery in Doddridge, AR, under the direction of Smith Funeral Homes of Stamps, AR. Visitation will be from 5-7 pm Sunday, June 2, 2013, at the Smith Funeral Home in Stamps, AR.
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Contributed on 12/28/13
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