Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....GRIFFITH, THOMAS MAX  August 31, 2009
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News Star World - September 02, 2009
THOMAS MAX GRIFFITH
Mulhearn Funeral Home

Sterlington Road, Monroe, LA

Funeral services for Mr. Thomas Max Griffith will be held at 11:00 AM 
Thursday, September 3, 2009 at Mulhearn Memorial Park Mausoleum at Mulhearn 
Memorial Park Cemetery with Chaplain Milton Pray officiating.

Thomas Max Griffith, 93, died peacefully in his home surrounded by his family. 
He fought a courageous battle with cancer and was an inspiration to everyone 
he met.

Mr. Tom M. Griffith, was born on October 15, 1915 in Slatington, PA to Freida 
Seifert Griffith and Thomas Griffith of Slatington, PA. Tom died Monday, 
August 31, 2009. He is preceded in death by his wife Ruth May Bourquin 
Griffith of Camden, NJ.

Tom is survived by his sisters, Marguerite Cooper of Palmyra, NJ and Freda 
McFadden of Marlton, NJ; daughter, Susan R. Clayton and her husband Clint 
Clayton of Greenville, NC; son, Gary T. Griffith and his wife Lydia N. 
Griffith of Monroe, LA; grandsons, Mike G. Griffith of Monroe, LA and David W. 
Griffith and his wife Alison R. Griffith; great grandson, David Alexander 
Griffith of Stonewall, LA.

When WWII started, Tom enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and served in the 36th 
Troop Carrier Squadron 316th Troop Carrier Group as an Aerial Engineer (2750). 
Tom married Ruth May Bourquin near Fort Benning, GA, where he was stationed 
before leaving for Europe. Tom was in the campaigns in Africa, Naples-Foggia, 
Rome-Arno, Allied invasion over Central Europe, Northern France, invasion of 
Normandy (D-Day) and Rhineland. He was a Sergeant and Honorable Discharged 
September 3, 1945. After the war, Tom went to work for Beaunit Mills in 
Trenton, NJ. He worked for Beaunit for over twenty-five years until 
transferring to NC.

Mr. Griffith moved his family from Charlotte, NC to Monroe in 1970 to start 
Ouachita Industries, a new double knit textile plant. This was a new business 
to Monroe at the time. Tom spent his entire career in the Textile business.

Visitation will be from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM Wednesday, September 2, 2009 at 
Mulhearn Funeral Home, Sterlington Road, Monroe.

The Griffith Family sends special thanks to the outstanding caregivers: Della 
Johnson, Marilyn Parson, Brenda Sherman, Katrina Williams, Louisiana Hospice & 
Palliative Care, and Dr. Michael J. Sampognaro.

Memorials may be made to Ouachita Council on Aging.


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