Services for Mrs. Shirley Ann Givens of Monticello are at 10:00 am, on Tuesday, October 1, 2024, at Bethel Baptist Church with burial at church cemetery.

Visitation will be on Monday, September 30, 2024, at church from 5:00-8:00 pm and will resume from 9:00 am until the time of service on Tuesday.

Mrs. Shirley Ann Givens, 66, passed away at her home on September 26, 2024. 

She was born on November 7, 1957, in Houston, Texas.

Mrs. Givens spent her days on the front porch, drinking coffee and watching her friends and neighbors go by. She loved cooking, having her family over for supper, and watching the kids play in the yard. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother, and enjoyed her nine great-grandchildren. She will be missed by all who loved her.

Preceding her in death were her parents; Jewel and Mary Moude Mullins and her husband of 50 years, Tommy Givens.

Those left to cherish her memory are her children, Michelle Watts (Hugh) and Luke Givens (Bonita); seven grandchildren, Shelby Russell (Ben), Stetson Langley (Ashlyn), Marcey Brown (Marshall) Megan Lang (Brennan), Saydie Nations (Brantley), Sara Watts and Brittany Lott (Brent); nine great-grandchildren, Everleigh, Keegan, Karson, Huston, Auston, Cayden, Marshall Paul, Mayleigh, Waylon and expecting Kassidy and Kohen. She is also survived by Kandi Tanksley and sons, Karter, Wylder, and Kooper, and Eden and Eli Vaughn.