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Rufus Brooks Giddens

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Rufus Brooks Giddens

Birth
Worth County, Georgia, USA
Death
9 Apr 2008 (aged 91)
Sylvester, Worth County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Warwick, Worth County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
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***WORLD WAR II ARMY VETERAN***

BROOKS WAS BORN IN WORTH COUNTY, GA AS THE YOUNGEST OF 5 CHILDREN OF WORTH COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF WILLIE PICKETT GIDDENS AND EMMA ELIZABETH HOUSTON.

AT ABOUT AGE 4 HIS FATHER WAS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY WHILE SERVING A WARRANT TO A MR MACE GIDDENS (no relation).

HIS MOTHER WAS LEFT TO RAISE 5 CHILDREN AGES 4 TO 12.
SHE WOULD THEN MARRY JOHNNIE ESTES BOLTON AND HAVE A SON WITH HIM, BROOKS' HALF BROTHER ROBERT IRVIN BOLTON.

BROOKS WAS IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II.

HE AND HIS OLDER BROTHER GRADY WOULD MARRY A PAIR OF SISTERS.
BROOKS MARRIED MATTIE L. DANIELS WHILE GRADY MARRIED HER SISTER CLAUDINE.

VERY TRAGICALLY ON THE 6TH OF JULY 1979 HIS WIFE MATTIE AND HER SISTER, HIS BROTHER GRADY'S WIFE CLAUDINE WERE IN A CAR CRASH AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE ASHBURN AND WARWICK HIGHWAYS IN WORTH COUNTY.

CLAUDINE PASSED INSTANTLY, AND HIS WIFE MATTIE PASSED WHILE EN ROUTE TO THE WORTH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL.
I AM NOT SURE IF HE AND MATTIE HAD ANY CHILDREN BUT HE DID HAVE SEVERAL STEPCHILDREN.

BROOKS WOULD LATER MARRY MARGARET ANN GRIFFIN.

HE PASSED AWAY AT HIS RESIDENCE IN WORTH COUNTY, GEORGIA ON APRIL 9, 2008.


***WORLD WAR II ARMY VETERAN***

BROOKS WAS BORN IN WORTH COUNTY, GA AS THE YOUNGEST OF 5 CHILDREN OF WORTH COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF WILLIE PICKETT GIDDENS AND EMMA ELIZABETH HOUSTON.

AT ABOUT AGE 4 HIS FATHER WAS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY WHILE SERVING A WARRANT TO A MR MACE GIDDENS (no relation).

HIS MOTHER WAS LEFT TO RAISE 5 CHILDREN AGES 4 TO 12.
SHE WOULD THEN MARRY JOHNNIE ESTES BOLTON AND HAVE A SON WITH HIM, BROOKS' HALF BROTHER ROBERT IRVIN BOLTON.

BROOKS WAS IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II.

HE AND HIS OLDER BROTHER GRADY WOULD MARRY A PAIR OF SISTERS.
BROOKS MARRIED MATTIE L. DANIELS WHILE GRADY MARRIED HER SISTER CLAUDINE.

VERY TRAGICALLY ON THE 6TH OF JULY 1979 HIS WIFE MATTIE AND HER SISTER, HIS BROTHER GRADY'S WIFE CLAUDINE WERE IN A CAR CRASH AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE ASHBURN AND WARWICK HIGHWAYS IN WORTH COUNTY.

CLAUDINE PASSED INSTANTLY, AND HIS WIFE MATTIE PASSED WHILE EN ROUTE TO THE WORTH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL.
I AM NOT SURE IF HE AND MATTIE HAD ANY CHILDREN BUT HE DID HAVE SEVERAL STEPCHILDREN.

BROOKS WOULD LATER MARRY MARGARET ANN GRIFFIN.

HE PASSED AWAY AT HIS RESIDENCE IN WORTH COUNTY, GEORGIA ON APRIL 9, 2008.




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