NAME: FLETCHER BRYAN GIVENS, AGE 101, LONGTIME STRINGTOWN RESIDENT.

BORN: JULY 5, 1896 AT CENTER POINT, ARKANSAS TO JOHN BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND CHARLOTT (BIZZELL) GIVENS. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1997 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN STRINGTOWN, OK. AGE: 101 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 26 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT BACHE AND GRADUATED FROM STRINGTOWN. MARRIED: EDNA LYLE KEEL IN 1924 AT COALGATE, OK. MILITARY: U. S. ARMY AND A VETERAN OF WORLD WAR I. OCCUPATION: HE RETIRED IN 1960 FROM THE U.S. NAVEL AMMUNITION DEPOT WITH NEARLY 25 YEARS OF SERVICE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS OF BAPTIST BELIEF AND WAS AFFILIATED WITH THE STRINGTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH FOR MANY YEARS. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: FLETCHER B. SKEET GIVENS OF STRINGTOWN, OK. JUNE AZELTON AND HUSBAND ARCH OF SALINAS, CA. RICHARD DICK GIVENS OF SALINAS, CA. JOAN KENNEDY OF STRINGTOWN, OK. LAVERNE ABLES AND HUSBAND BOBBY OF WALTERS, OK. 13 GRANDCHILDREN, 34 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 24 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY WIFE: EDNA GIVENS IN JANUARY 1987. PARENTS: JOHN B. AND CHARLOTT GIVENS. SON: BOBBY LEE GIVENS. GRANDSON: MICHAEL GIVENS. 4 BROTHERS AND 2 SISTERS.

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: STRINGTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. INTERMENT: STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LOYD THOMPSON. ASSISTING: JIM KELLOGG. CASKETBEARERS: MIKE GUEST, JEREMY CHAFFIN, RICKY GIVENS, BRYAN GIVENS, TOMMY GIVENS, BILL ABLES, RONNIE ABLES, ROGER WOODS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: J. T. HEARD, JESS WILSON, SHORTY POWELL, JOHN WINTERS, BILL POTTS, MIKE MILLER, JIM WILKERSON, BUTCH FLEMING, DICK HEARD, LES THOMPSON AND GORDON HEAD.