Jan Givhan

Published 1:33 pm Monday, August 20, 2012

Jan Givhan, age 72, of Destin, Fla., died Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. The daughter of Robert and Merle Johnson, she was born in Abbeville, Ala., on Aug. 14, 1940.

Jan graduated from Abbeville High School and earned a bachelor of arts from Auburn University, where she was a member of the Phi Mu sorority. After college she taught at Prior Middle School in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. She also worked as an insurance executive in Montgomery, Ala. before returning to northwest Florida with her husband, Walter H. Givhan, in 1986. Jan was active in St. Simon’s on the Sound Episcopal Church where she served on the Altar Guild. She was also a volunteer caregiver in the community for many years. She enjoyed traveling, boating, fishing, flying, and held a private pilot’s license.

Jan was preceded in death by her father and mother, and her son, Marc Givhan.

Jan is survived by her husband, Walter H. Givhan, of Destin, FL; three sons, George W. McKee and wife Michelle of Tuscaloosa, Ala., Robert J. McKee and wife Suzanne of Faunsdale, Ala., Walter D. Givhan and wife Frances of Alexandria, Va.; daughter, Kirsten C. Givhan of Bessemer, Ala.; daughter-in-law, Janet Givhan of Birmingham, Ala., and 12 grandchildren, Mims McKee, Walker McKee, Gordon Lawless, Porter Lawless, Mary Evelyn Humphreys, Jane Humphreys, William Humphreys, Walter B. Givhan, Marion Givhan, Vivian Givhan, Charlotte Givhan, and Virginia Givhan,

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 22 at St. Simon’s on the Sound Episcopal Church in Fort Walton Beach, Fla.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made in Jan’s memory to St. Simon’s on the Sound Episcopal Church.

Expressions of sympathy may be viewed or submitted on line at www.mclaughlinmortuary.com