Miami County OhArchives Obituaries.....Griffith, Hershel J May 5, 2004 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Karen Johnson-Heber gapeachprtnerz@bellsouth.net January 6, 2011, 8:55 pm Piqua Daily Call 6-May-2004 Hershel J. Griffith, 67, of Piqua, died at 7:10 p.m. Wednesday May 5, 2004, at Upper Valley Medical Center, from Mantle Cell Lymphoma. He was born in Raven, Va., June 22, 1936, to the late Rufus and Clerssie Newberry Griffith. He married Sheryl A. Ralston on Dec. 16, 1978, in Clayton, and she survives. Other survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Susan Kay and Michael Davis of Piqua and Cindy J. and Danny Bennett of Piqua, a stepdaughter, Tracy Beougher of Phoenix, Ariz.; three brothers and sisters-in-law, Virgle and Billie Griffith of Smithfield, Va., Jerry and Doris Griffith of Conover and Roger Griffith of Richlands, Va.; a sister and brother-in-law, Shelvia and Ralph Armes of Richlands, Va.; three grandchildren; one great-grandchild, and eight step grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a stepdaughter, Vicki Havenar and one sister, Lonie Beatrice Griffith. Mr. Griffith graduated from the Richlands High School in Richlands, Va., in 1954. He was a member of the Miami County, State and National Boards of Realtors, a past member of the Piqua Jaycees, past president of Camp Evergreen, treasurer of the Piqua Investment Corp, past president of the Miami County Board of Realtors, and was a broker of Herschel Griffith Realty for 30 years. He attended church at the Cornerstone Life Center. A funeral service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Cornerstone Life Center, 8547 N. County Road 25-A, Piqua, with Pastor Kenneth VanHoose officiating. Burial will follow in the Fletcher Cemetery File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/miami/obits/g/griffith619gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb