Gidden, Velma  
 	
GLADEWATER -- Services for Velma Gidden, 91, of Big Sandy, will be held 
11 a.m. Wednesday, November 22, 2006, at the First United Methodist 
Church in Big Sandy, with the Reverend Brenda Lucas and Guy Selman 
officiating. Burial will be in Chilton Cemetery. Born July 19, 1915, in 
Rhonesboro, Texas, she died Sunday, November 19, 2006. She was a 
homemaker and a member of the Big Sandy First United Methodist Church. 
She is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Tom and Joyce Gidden of 
Longview; one granddaughter, Christy Gidden of Longview; one 
great-grandson, Maxwell Gidden of Longview; one sister, Pauline Harris 
of Gladewater; and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Guy 
Selman, Steve Lucas, Donald Wayne Rogers, Jerry Poole, Nathan Poole, and 
Gordon Reynolds. Honorary pallbearer will be Bud Bledsole. The family 
will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday evening, November 21, 2006, at 
Croley Funeral Home in Gladewater.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 11/21/2006.