Berrien County GaArchives Obituaries.....Giddens, Franklin July 23, 2009
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The Berrien Press - July 29, 2009
 Franklin Giddens, 74, of Nashville died July 23, 2009, at Phoebe Putney 
Memorial Hospital in Albany.
 He was born the born the last of seven children to Osie and Eldie Whitley 
Giddens on June 1, 1935, in Irwin County, Ocilla, Ga. He went through the 
Irwin County School System and graduated in 1955. During his time in high 
school, having been brought up in a musical family, he became part of an FFA 
string band playing bass fiddle. This experience was something that would last 
for many years to come. He had a special love for all kinds of music and 
enjoyed making music with his two brothers and others for many years. He 
served his country at home, being a member of the National Guard for nine 
years.
 On Oct. 25, 1957, he married Shirley Moore and eight years later they became 
parents of their first child, Kevin Scott. Six years later, on the day Kevin 
started to school, there was another family member born, a daughter, Karla.
 In 1966, he began working with the U.S. Postal Service. This was a job he 
very much loved that would last 35 years. He retired in October of 2000 after 
serving for 24 years as the rural carrier on Route 3. He was awarded the 
Million Mile Safe Driving Award from the U.S. Postal Service for delivering 
mail for 30 years without a preventable accident. Less than five percent of 
postal carriers ever achieve this award. 
 In September 1977 he joined the Nashville First Baptist Church, where for 
many years he was a member of the Adult Choir and the Fellowship Sunday School 
Class.
 He is survived by his wife, Shirley Moore Giddens of Nashville; a daughter, 
Karla (Matt) Stanaland of Valdosta; a son, Kevin (Donna) Giddens of Nashville; 
a sister, Louise Harper of Orlando, Fla.; four grandchildren, Dudley 
Stanaland, Laura Stanaland, Elizabeth Giddens and Scott Giddens; several 
nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Sunday, July 26, 2009, at 
4:30 p.m. in the chapel of Lovein Funeral Home with the Rev. Stanley Luke, Mr. 
Jackson Moore and Mr. Don Rayfield officiating. Interment will follow in the 
Westview Cemetery.
 Active pallbearers were Robert Griffin, Adam Mitchell, Mark David, Michael 
Davis, Ronnie Phillips, Jimmy Harper.
 Honorary pallbearers were members of the Fellowship Sunday School Class. 
Visitation is Saturday from 7-9 p.m. - Lovein Funeral Home was in charge of 
arrangements.

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