Pamlico County NcArchives Obituaries.....Griffin, Edna Riopel 1945
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THE TIDEWATER NEWS – 09-28-1945, P. 1
EDNA RIOPEL GRIFFIN

FORMER IVOR WOMAN KILLED IN RICHMOND

   Mrs. Edna Riopel Griffin, formerly of Ivor, was shot and killed in Richmond 
last Friday afternoon as she was coming out of the theatre. Willie A. Brittle, 
51, was accused of the murder, witness reporting that after a dispute he pushed 
her to the pavement and shot her five times with a large caliber revolver. The 
man had previously been brought into court on charges of felonious assault on 
Mrs. Griffin and had been released under $500 bond. It is not known what caused 
the previous assault  or the murder on Friday.

   Mrs. Griffin, who was 33 years of age, is survived by her mother, Mrs. Mary 
Riopel of Ivor, a small daughter, Theresa Griffin, and a sister, Lieut. Leanore 
Riopel, ANC, who had recently returned from overseas. Bail was denied Brittle in 
the Richmond Hustings Court.

   Rosary services were conducted for Mrs. Griffin Sunday night in the Harcum 
Funeral Home, Waverly, where the body was taken, and funeral mass was solemnized 
for her at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Suffolk, Monday morning. Pallbearers 
were: J. Whitney Winborne, J.Carr Hill, J. Winston Camp, Holt Brantley, G.C. 
Niblett and Stephen Boykins.

*According to N.C. Death Records she was born in Pamlico, N.C.


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