Graveside service for Mrs. Virginia Shipp Givan will be 1:00 P.M. Friday, October 23, 2026, at Cedar Grove Cemetery with Bro. Benny Nolen officiating. Visitation will be at Ligon & Bobo Funeral Home on Friday from 11:00 A.M. – 12:45.

Mrs. Givan, age 90 of Lebanon passed away October 21, 2026, at the Pavilion.

Born November 8, 1935, in Wilson County, she is the daughter of the late John Leslie Shipp and Nannie Mae Simms Shipp. She was a dental hygienist, working with her husband, Dr. Robert Givan in his dental practice for forty years. She was a member of First United Methodist Church. Like her husband, she was blessed to have had a long career and a long retirement of traveling, and watching the Vols, no matter what the sport. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of nearly sixty eight years, Dr. Robert W. Givan on November 16, 2024; son in law, Tracy Cross, and a brother, John L. Shipp.

She is survived by three daughters: Ginger (Mark) Brown, Robin Cross, and Tracy (Bryan) White; grandchildren: Jarod (Brooke) Brown, Austin Brown, Wesley (Kelsie) Cross, Dexter (Samantha) Cross, Ryann (Daniel) Nemi, Sydney Hallums, and Katie Beth White; great grandchildren: Ryder, Dax, Theo, and Otto Brown, Ella, Rhett, and Demi Rae Cross; brother, Tony (Jane) Shipp; and two sisters, Mary Harding and Nancy Jenkins.

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