Person:Letitia Giddens (1)

In October, 2003, I was visiting Cat Creek Cemetery, when my attention was focused on a seemingly unmarked concrete slab behind my grandmother's grave. It was like I knew who was buried in there, and the name Lettie Giddens came into my mind in an instant, as if my mind were suddenly enlighted by the Holy Ghost. I walked over to the slab, and somehow knew that there was her name on it, although it was invisible to the eye. I got down on my knees, and blew some of the sand away, and thought I saw a letter or two. I went back to my truck and got a small whisk broom, and went back and swept off where the letters appeared to be. I had to look close at first, but I could see the name LETTIE GIDDENS plain as could be, although through the years it had almost disappeared. Lettie, or Letitia, was a daughter of John Giddens, son of Thomas. I looked behind her and saw her sister's grave, Fannie Giddens, who also had a concrete slab and a nice headstone. So I took the marble footstone from Fannie's grave, and replaced it with a broken piece of marble I found laying in the cemetery, then took the footstone to a man in Hahira, George Reinhart, who engraves monuments, and had Lettie's name and birthdate put on it. I knew her birthdate from an old record obtained from Pearl Ferrara, who is also a descendent of John and Thomas. Now Lettie has a marker. I glued it down on her slab below the old inscription so it could still be seen. I need to look at it each time I go by to prove to myself this really happened as I have said.

Notes by Lane Giddens 17 Nov 2003

In October, 2003, I was visiting Cat Creek Cemetery, when my attention was focused on a seemingly unmarked concrete slab behind my grandmother's grave. It was like I knew who was buried in there, and the name Lettie Giddens came into my mind in an instant, as if my mind were suddenly enlighted by the Holy Ghost. I walked over to the slab, and somehow knew that there was her name on it, although it was invisible to the eye. I got down on my knees, and blew some of the sand away, and thought I saw a letter or two. I went back to my truck and got a small whisk broom, and went back and swept off where the letters appeared to be. I had to look close at first, but I could see the name LETTIE GIDDENS plain as could be, although through the years it had almost disappeared. Lettie, or Letitia, was a daughter of John Giddens, son of Thomas. I looked behind her and saw her sister's grave, Fannie Giddens, who also had a concrete slab and a nice headstone. So I took the marble footstone from Fannie's grave, and replaced it with a broken piece of marble I found laying in the cemetery, then took the footstone to a man in Hahira, George Reinhart, who engraves monuments, and had Lettie's name and birthdate put on it. I knew her birthdate from an old record obtained from Pearl Ferrara, who is also a descendent of John and Thomas. Now Lettie has a marker. I glued it down on her slab below the old inscription so it could still be seen. I need to look at it each time I go by to prove to myself this really happened as I have said.

Notes by Lane Giddens 17 Nov 2003