Obituary of Ruth Ellen Rudy Griffis of Richland Parish Louisiana
as published in the Richland Beacon News July 8, 2004 
Submitted by for the USGenWeb Archives by Dot Golliher, 07/26/2004



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 Ruth E. R. Griffis

Services for Mrs. Ruth Ellen Rudy Griffis were held in the 
Presbyterian Church at 10 A.M. on  Tuesday, July 6,2004.
Graveside services followed in Athens, Louisiana, in the Atkins
Family Cemetery at 1:30 P.M.

The Reverend John Albright officiated and was assisted by
Mulhearn Funeral Home of Rayville.

Visitation for family and friends was held at the Rayville
Presbyterian Church on Monday, July 5,2004, from 6 to 8 P.M.

Ruth Ellen died on Saturday, July 3,2004 after a short illness.
She was born February 18, 1915 in Star City Arkansas, daughter 
of Homer Elliot Rudy and Lalla Mae Granberry.  Her childhood 
was spent in Alexandria, LA. She was a graduate of Louisiana
College and Louisiana State University prior to moving to 
Rayville in 1937.

Mrs. Griffis was a teacher and librarian in the schools in Grayson
and Rayville. She spent twenty- one years working at Cochran Tractor
Company and has spent the last eleven years as a volunteer at her 
cherished Rhymes Memorial Library. Ruth Ellen received the Nonnie Roark 
Rhymes Memorial Award in 1995 for exemplary service.  An active and
devoted member of the Rayville Presbyterian Church, she served the
congregation as a deacon and elder.

Mrs. Griffis was preceded in death by her parents, her brother Homer E.
Rudy Jr, her husband Charles B. Griffis, Jr., and her son Charles B.
"Pete" Griffis, III.

Survivors include her daughter, Lalla Criffis Mangin and husband Albert; 
two grandsons, Michael Mangin and wife Rhonda; Charles Mangin; one great
grandchild, Elizabeth; daughter-in-law Linda LaLande Griffis  and a host of
nieces, nephews and extended family.

Pallbearers were Cooper Cochran, Jess Cochran, Jim Griffis, Steve Chenoweth,
Joe Reeves and Sam Reeves. Honorary pallbearers were the elders of the Rayville 
Presbyterian Church.

In lieu of flowers, the family requested that memoirals may be made to the
Rayville Presbyterian Church, Box 443, Rayville, Louisiana 71269, or to
Rhymes Memorial Library, Box 522, Rayville, Louisiana 71269.