Jefferson County MsArchives Obituaries.....Griffin, Sr., Sandy September 6 2000
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Natchez Democrat, September 9, 2000
Sandy Griffin Sr.

Feb. 25, 1910 - Sept. 6, 2000

Services for Sandy Griffin Sr., 90, of Natchez, who died Wednesday, Sept. 6, 
2000, at Natchez Community Hospital, will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at Mount Zion 
Baptist Church with the Rev. John H. Hawkins officiating.

Burial will be in the church cemetery under the direction of George F. West 
Funeral Home.

Visitation is from 4 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home and from 3 p.m. until 
service time Sunday at the church.

Mr. Griffin was born Feb. 25, 1910, in Jefferson County, the son of Oliver 
Griffin and Genora Ware Griffin. He was employed for 30 years with St. 
Catherine Gravel Co. and pushing barges upriver, retiring in 1980, and had 
worked five years for Guido Construction . He was a member and deacon of Mount 
Zion Baptist Church.

Survivors include two sons, Sandy Griffin Jr. of Natchez and Master Sgt. 
Garfield Griffin of Fayetteville, N.C.; nine daughters, Sandra Lee Davis of 
Chicago, Genora Norman and Alma Lee Tenner of Detroit, Dorothy Mae Bruce, 
Gloria Jean Nelson, Patricia Ann Tenner, Priscilla Elizabeth Tenner, Nicole 
Denise Griffin and Betty Jean Thomas, all of Natchez; three sisters, Laura 
Sanders of Church Hill, Irby Daily and Mae Bugg of Los Angeles; one uncle-in-
law, James Smith of New Orleans; two sisters-in-law, Charity White of Natchez 
and Rosie Lee Ware of Church Hill; one brother-in-law, Charlie Ware of Church 
Hill; 35 grandchildren; 53 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; 
and a number of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Pallbearers will be friends of the family.

Honorary pallbearers will be Monroe Griffin Jr., Johnnie Griffin, James Kenneth 
Griffin, Alvin Ray Griffin and Melvin Griffin.


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