Obituary of Shane Giffin

Services for Shane Giffin, 28, Troup, are scheduled for 3:00 pm, Monday, January 21, at the Concord Cumberland Presbyterian Church, near Troup, with the Reverend Duane Dougherty officiating. Burial will be in the Concord Cemetery, under the direction of Cottle Funeral Home, Troup. Mr. Giffin died Thursday, January 17, in Lafayette, Louisiana. He was born February 8, 1979, in Henderson. He was a 1997 graduate of Carlisle High School. Mr. Giffin had worked as a pharmacy tech and a coil tubing supervisor and was currently employed by Baker-Hughes Companies. He attended the Concord Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Mr. Giffin married Krystal Hawkins in Concord December 11, 2004. He was preceded in death by his grandmother, Patricia Clark and an uncle, Alan Giffin. Survivors include his wife, Krystal Hawkins Giffin, Troup; a daughter, Kalynn Giffin, Troup; his mother and a special friend, Janice Wilkerson and Wayne Sanders, Troup; his father, Jamie Wilkerson, Troup; a sister, Devon Simmons, Troup; great-grandmother, Nelwyn Clark, Henderson; aunts, Peggy Fogle and Sharon Jackson, both of Henderson; his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Harold and Paula Hawkins, Troup; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Phillip and Kate Hawkins, Sugarland; a sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Alesha and Brian Norman, Bullard; a niece, Morgan Gray; and a nephew, Hayden Simmons. Pallbearers will be Brandon Sanders, Phillip Hawkins, Brian Norman, Dewayne Wilkerson, Scott Martin, George Winn, Mike Pilkerton, and Ryan Henson. The Family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm, Sunday, January 20.