George Edwin Givens

GEORGE GIVENS, 77, OF 426 EAST END STREET, CARRIER MILLS, IL DIED TUESDAY MAY 11, 2010, AT 5:25 PM AT HIS RESIDENCE. GRAVESIDE SERVICES WILL BE HELD SATURDAY MAY 15, 2010 AT 12 NOON AT LAKEVIEW CEMETERY IN CARRIER MILLS, IL. VISITATION WILL BE HELD SATURDAY AFTER 10 AM AT FELTY FUNERAL HOME IN CARRIER MILLS, IL. REVEREND OWNLY WILLIAMS WILL OFFICATE. MILITARY RITES WILL BE PERFORMED BY CARRIER MILLS & HARRISBURG AMERICAN LEGIONS AND THE NATIONAL GUARD HONORS TEAM. HE WAS BORN ON JANUARY 6, 1933 IN HARRISBURG, IL TO THE LATE WILLIAM & EASTER ANN (WALKER) GIVENS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF HARVEST DELIVERANCE CENTER IN HARRISBURG, IL. HE WAS RETIRED FROM THE MILITARY WHERE HE SERVED IN THE ARMY DURING THE KOREAN WAR. HE WAS THE FIRST BLACK RANGER BEING AWARDED AT FORT BENNING, GA. HE IS SURVIVED BY 2 BROTHERS: DAVID GIVENS AND ROBERT NEAL BOTH OF HARRISBURG, IL; 5 SISTERS: SANDRA SANDERS, EURALENE SANDERS AND ROXIE WILLIAMS ALL OF CARRIER MILLS, IL; PATRICIA COLE OF CALIFORNIA AND ETHELENE TAYLOR OF EVANSVILLE, IN; 9 CHILDREN AND SEVERAL GRANDCHILDREN. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY 2 CHILDREN, 2 BROTHERS AND 5 SISTERS.