NAME: FLETCHER B. SKEET GIVENS, JR., AGE 74, A LIFELONG STRINGTOWN AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: APRIL 13, 1925 AT STRINGTOWN, OKLAHOMA TO FLETCHER BRYAN AND EDNA (KEEL) GIVENS. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1999 AT MCALESTER REGIONAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 74 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 13 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED STRINGTOWN HIGH SCHOOL WHERE HE WAS AN OUTSTANDING BASKETBALL PLAYER AND LATER WAS A DEDICATED FAN. MARRIED: IDA MAE SURRELL ON JUNE 14, 1942 AT COALGATE, OK. OCCUPATION: CRANE OPERATOR. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF STRINGTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH. FLETCHER WAS IN THE U. S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND SERVED IN WORLD WAR II. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE MASONIC LODGE ATOKA LODGE #4 AND A MEMBER OF THE OKLAHOMA OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL #627. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: CLARA ANN STAGGS AND HUSBAND ARTIE OF ATOKA, OK. WILLIAM B. GIVENS AND WIFE SHARON OF STRINGTOWN, OK. CAROLYN SUE CHAFFIN OF MCALESTER, OK. BROTHER: RICHARD DICKIE GIVENS OF SALINAS, CA. SISTERS: JUNE AZELTON AND HUSBAND ARCH OF SALINAS, CA. JOAN KENNEDY OF STRINGTOWN, OK. LAVERNE ABLES AND HUSBAND BOBBY OF WALTERS, OK. 8 GRANDCHILDREN, 13 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY WIFE: IDA MAE GIVENS ON APRIL 23, 1997. PARENTS: FLETCHER B., SR. AND EDNA GIVENS. BROTHER: BOBBY LEE GIVENS. SISTER-IN-LAW: BOBBI GIVENS.

DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: STRINGTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH ~ STRINGTOWN, OK.. INTERMENT: STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LOYD THOMPSON. CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) JIMMY DON STAGGS, MICHAEL SHANE GUEST, JERAMY CHAFFIN, RICKY JOE GIVENS, BRYAN KEITH GIVENS, TOMMY JAMES GIVENS, BRYON ART KENNEDY, DUSTY GARRETT GIVENS, CLINTON GAGE GUEST, ROBERT ROBBINS.