Almon Giddens

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CENSUS RECORDS

1930 Census
Name: Almon D Giddens
Birth Year: abt 1921
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Missouri
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son (Child)
Home in 1930: Equality, Miller, Missouri
House Number in Cities or Towns: apr 29
Attended School: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Missouri
Mother's Birthplace: Oklahoma
Household Members:
Name Age
Oral I Giddens 31
Sallie M Giddens 27
Lory O Giddens 10
Almon D Giddens 9
Carol May Giddens 5
Mary E Giddens 3 years 10 months

1940 Census
Name: Almon D Giddens
Age: 19
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1921
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Missouri
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son (Child)
Home in 1940: Havana, Mason, Illinois
Street: So Orange Street
House Number: 441
Inferred Residence in 1935: Havana, Mason, Illinois
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Resident on farm in 1935: No
Attended School or College: Yes
Highest Grade Completed: High School, 3rd year
Household Members:
Oral I Giddens 41
Sally M Giddens 37
Lory I Giddens 20
Almon D Giddens 19
Mary E Giddens 13
Richard L Giddens 5
Joann Giddens 5 months

MILITARY RECORDS

Name: Almon D Giddens
Birth Year: 1921
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Missouri
State of Residence: Missouri
County or City: Cole

Enlistment Date: 30 Jun 1942
Enlistment State: Missouri
Enlistment City: Jefferson Barracks
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private

Source: Civil Life
Education: 4 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Semiskilled warehousing, storekeeping, handling, loading, unloading, and related occupations, n.e.c.
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 70 in.
Weight: 179 lbs.


OBITUARY

From Find A Grave

Almon Deliot Giddens, 86, son of Oral and Sally Edwards Giddens, was born April 4, 1921, at Eldon. He died March 9, 2008, at Texas County Memorial Hospital.

He married Delta Sillyman Jan. 16, 1943, in Kansas City, Kan. They had three children.

Mr. Giddens was a World War II veteran, serving in Germany. He enjoyed cooking for the officers.

He worked for Caterpillar Tractor Co. for 32 years as a supervisor in the accounting department.

After retiring, he was a cook at the Houston Senior Center.

He was a member of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Mr. Giddens was a member of the Bucyrus Baptist Church, where he was a deacon and taught the men's Sunday School classes for several years. He also enjoyed cooking at the First Baptist and Bucyrus Baptist churches.

He was preceded in death by his parents; wife; two sisters, Coral May and Mary Whitaker; two brothers, Lory and Richard Giddens; and a grandson.

Surviving are his children, Larry Giddens and Lloyd Giddens of Houston and Joyce Topper of Peoria, Ill.; one brother, Jerry Giddens of Parson, Kan.; a sister, Jo Ann Risley of Jacksonville, Fla.; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Services are 10 o'clock today (Thursday) at the Bucyrus Baptist Church with the Rev. Gordon Rhodes and the Rev. Brock Davis officiating. Burial is in the Boone Creek Cemetery under the direction of Evans Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to the Bucyrus Baptist Church building fund.

Birth:
Social Security Death Index
Name: Almon D. Giddens
Last Residence: 65483 Houston, Texas, Missouri
BORN: 4 Apr 1921
Died: 9 Mar 2008
State (Year) SSN issued: Missouri (Before 1951)

Buried:
Grave location, portrait, obituary, tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=25232605

Almon married Delta Sillyman. Delta was born 17 Jul 1929, Bucyrus, Texas Co. MO; died 06 Jan 2008, Houston, Texas Co. MO; was buried , Boone Creek Cemetery, Licking, Texas Co. MO. [Group Sheet]