Givens, David Doyle (Chief) Jr.

1945 - 2009  (63 years)

• Name	Givens, David Doyle (Chief)
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	22 Mar 1945	Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	25 Feb 2009	At Home - Hickory Withe (Community), Fayette County, Tennessee, USA
  Buried	Somerville Cemetery - Somerville, Fayette County, Tennessee, USA
  	Findagrave.com Memorial #34212616
  Person ID	I10802	Coursey-Sansing Tree
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Givens, David Doyle Sr.,   b. 11 Jul 1911, Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee, USA ,   d. Abt Feb 1987, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Hamil, Hazel,   b. 20 Sep 1914, La Grange, Fayette County, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 3 Jun 2014  (Age 99 years)
  Married	11 May 1939	La Grange, Fayette County, Tennessee, USA
  Family ID	F4396	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lewis, Connie
  Children	1. O'Dell, Lindsey   2. Givens, Ladd
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020
  Family ID	F4397	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary   Fayette County - DAVID DOYLE "CHIEF" GIVENS, JR., 63, of Hickory Withe Community died on February 25, 2009 at home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Peebles West Funeral Chapel at Oakland with interment in Somerville City Cemetery. A visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Peebles West Chapel. Mr. Givens was born in Memphis, TN on March 22, 1945, and lived in Somerville, TN during his childhood. He attended Fayette County Schools and graduated from Fayette County High School in 1963. He received his Bachelor of Accounting Degree at Delta State University in Cleveland, MS. Chief served in the United States Navy and was assigned to the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Ranger. He worked for the federal government at the Army Depot in Memphis, TN and at the Corp of Engineers Finance Center in Millington, TN. At his retirement he was a supervisor at the Finance Center with over 40 years of service with the federal government. He was a Presbyterian his entire life and served as a Deacon and an ordained Elder in the Presbyterian Church. During college, Chief was very active in Westminster Fellowship. During his adult life he was active in the John Knox Society, an organization that his father and other Presbyterian men formed to provide fellowship for the men in Presbyterian churches in West Tennessee. He was a charter member of Christ Presbyterian Church in Somerville. He was a volunteer fireman for the Williston, TN fire department, a Little League Baseball coach in Somerville, a member of the Somerville Masonic Lodge and a Scout Leader for Troop 95 of the West TN Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He was a Vigil Member of the Order of the Arrow and a member of Wood Badge. In his many years as a scout leader he received numerous awards for his service. David was preceded in death by his father, David Doyle Givens, Sr. He leaves his wife Connie Lewis Givens of Hickory Withe; mother, Hazel Hamil Givens of Greeneville, TN; sister, Emily Givens O'Dell (Joe) of Greeneville, TN; daughter, Lindsey Givens Malone of Cleveland, TN; son, Ladd Givens of Fort Knox, KY; two stepsons, four grandsons and five step-grandchildren. The family requests memorials be directed to Christ Presbyterian Church, 7062 Highway 64, Box 223, Oakland, TN 38060. Peebles Fayette County Funeral Home—West Chapel Oakland, TN 901-465-3535 (Published in The Commercial Appeal on 2/26/2009)