Services for Pearl M. Kyzar Givens, of Brookhaven, are 11 a.m.,Aug. 18, 2006, at Fair River Baptist Church with burial in thechurch cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 until 9 p.m. atBrookhaven Funeral Home on Thursday, Aug. 17.

Mrs. Givens, 96, died Aug. 16, 2006, at the home of hergranddaughter, Susan Jones. She was born on June 3, 1910, to Reubenand Molly Parnell Kyzar.

She and her husband owned the Givens Country Store in the FairOaks Springs community. She later worked for almost 30 years atLofton’s Department Store. In addition to raising a family, she wasdeeply devoted to Fair River Baptist Church where she was a memberfor 76 years. She taught Sunday school, and was very active in theWMU and other ministries of the church.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her brothers, BillKyzar, the Rev. Joseph Kyzar, Felix Kyzar, John Kyzar, and Dr.Jewell H. Kyzar; one sister, Lola Kyzar Smith; her husband, JamesAubrey Givens, and her son, Berry Reuben Givens.

She is survived by her daughter, Joyce Moore and her husband F.D. Moore; her daughter-in-law, Trudy Givens Wand and her husbandClifford Wand; her grandchildren, Susan Givens Jones and herhusband Jamie Jones, all of Brookhaven, Stuart Givens and his wifeJane, of Wesson, and Missy Hudspeth and her husband Greg Hudspeth,of Tupelo; and 6 great-grandchildren, Molly and Leah Frances Jones,Betsy and Berry Givens, and Jake and Ben Hudspeth. She is alsosurvived by a dear sister-in-law, Frances Nations.

Memorials may be made to the Fair River Baptist Church BuildingFund.