Charles Edward "Tom" Giddens
Thursday, September 6, 2007
Charles Edward "Tom" Giddens, 79, a resident of Frontenac, Kan., formerly of Arma, Kan., died Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2007, at the Girard Medical Center in Girard, Kan. He was born April 28, 1928, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Jesse Giddens and Gladys Manion Giddens. He served in the U.S. Army. He married Ruby Allen on April 7, 1956, in Miami, Okla. He loved music and was a member of the Cherry Grove Baptist Church. Earlier he was a member of the Cedar Creek Troubadours, who sang on KMDO Radio. More recently he was a member of the Cherry Grove Choir and of the Cherry Jammers, playing harmonica, bones and guitar.