LOVED ONE | Ernest Giddens
DATES | September 16, 1929 – October 25, 2011
CEMETERY | Oak Ridge
LOCATION IN CEMETERY | Hwy. 82 to Magnolia turn right – go past Timmons Road and look to your left, there you will see the back of Ernest Giddens head stone.
FUNERAL HOME | Bowen Donaldson Home for Funerals, 420 love Ave., Tifton, GA 31794 – t: 229 382 4255
Ernest Giddens, 82, of Tifton died Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011 at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Dr. Danny Ray and the Rev. Bill Hamilton will officiate with burial to follow at Oakridge Cemetery.
Johnny Tawzer, Coy Tawzer, Cecil Giddens, Earl Giddens, James Giddens, Randy Ogletree, Danny Ogletree and Keith Harris will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 tonight in the chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.
Mr. Giddens was born Sept. 16, 1929 in Pearson and was the son of Joe E. Giddens and Sally Mercer Giddens, both deceased. He was also preceded in death by three brothers; two sisters; and two grandsons, Brian Guess and Brent Guess. He was the retired owner of Giddens Grocery and Market and a member of Wayside Baptist Church.
Mr. Giddens is survived by his wife, Emogene Yancey Giddens of Tifton; two sons and daughters-in-law, Eugene and Peggy Giddens of Lakeland, Fla., and Emory and Sheri Giddens of Moultrie; one daughter, Elaine Giddens of Tallahassee, Fla.; one brother, Fred Giddens of Uvalda; two sisters, Jo Ann Snipes of Albany and Lucille Birch of Douglas; three grandchildren and their spouses, Eugene Jr. and Zoe Giddens, Eric and Becky Giddens and Amy Demore; and four great-grandchildren, Harry Giddens, Kate Giddens, Ella Demore and Asa Giddens.