John Givens CHARLOTTE - Mr. John Givens, 87 passed on Thursday, May 8, 2014, at Presbyterian Hospital. Funeral service will be 12 noon Thursday, May 15, 2014, at Walls Memorial AME Zion Church. Family visitation will be from 11:00 a.m. to 12 noon prior to service. Burial will be at William Ingram Memorial Garden. Grier Funeral Service, 115 John McCarroll Ave. (704-332-7109) is serving the Givens family.