Command Sargeant Major Jack Boyd Gidden, age 95 of Scottsboro, passed away on October 3, 2023. No services are planned at this time.
CSM Gidden is survived by his wife, Estela Chavez Gidden; siblings, Zelda Ann (Gary F. ) Giddens; son, Jack B. (Gwen) Giddens, II; daughters, Virginia P. “ Ginger” (Timothy) Gidden-Weinzierl, Kathleen J. “Kathy” (Jefferey) Gidden-Brown; grandchildren, Bryan (Seda) Gidden, Ethan N. (Lauren) Brown, Elena L. Brown (Antonio) Palfreeman, Amory M. Weinzierl and Lindsay F. Weinzierl; five great grandchildren, Riley Gidden, Aspen Gidden, Maxton Brown, Stetson Brown and Bridger Palfreeman; and nieces, Charlene Oody, Brenda Ellen Wallen, Christy Gidden and Cheryl Gidden.
CSM Gidden was preceded in death by his parents, Herbert Bryan Gidden and Pearl “Lindsay” Gidden; sister, Edith Gidden Tribble Stark; and brothers, Charles B. Gidden, Elmo L. Giddens and James “Jim” L. Gidden.