Obit of Giddens, Nellie Pearl Jones (g352) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 17 Nov 2000 Return to Roger Mills County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Surnames: Giddens, Jones Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/0614 Nellie Pearl Giddens was born to Mr. and Mrs. R. Bruce Jones on Feb. 2, 1915, near Strong City, Okla. She lived there on the farm with her parents until she was 3 years old, then the family moved to a farm in the Dempsey Community where she grew to womanhood and attended school, at old Dempsey School and later Meridian and Blueridge. She was converted and joined the Baptist Church when she was eleven years of age. Most of her adult life was spent in Texas near Perryton and Spearman, where she was engaged in the cafe business. She was stricken with cancer about 5 years ago and had to give up her work and lived with her daughter, at Walters, Okla. Later she was taken to Oklahoma City to be near her doctor and lived with her younger sister, Vesta Lewis and family. Her husband, Drew Giddens, preceded her in death in 1975. She leaves to mourn her passing 4 chilldren; Fern Lyton, of Walters, Okla.; Laura Rhodes, in Texas; Leroy and Charley, of Perryton, Texas; 5 grandchildren. Her brothers are: homer, of Elk City, Bill, of Dumas, Texas; Sam, of San Diego, Calif.; and Herb, of Salem, Oregon. Sisters are Madge Allen, of Belin, New Mexico; Hazel Reeder, of Amarillo, Texas; Lorraine Mills, of Beaveton, Oregon; and Vesta Lewis, Oklahoma City. Two brothers, R. Bruce Jr., and Clifford preceded her in death as did one sister, Kate Hensley. She passed away Nov. 9th, 1980 in Oklahoma City. Burial was in the Dempsey Cemetery, Roger Mills County, OK beside her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. Bruce Jones. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html