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  Elmer Griffin
   CHEYENNE, Okla. - Elmer Griffin, 94, died Monday, Jan. 19, 1998.
   
   Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Fatheree-Albert Funeral Home
   Chapel in Erick with Elder T.J. Pittman officiating. Burial will be in
   Erick Cemetery.
   
   Mr. Griffin was born in Oklahoma Territory. He spent his early life in
   the Jester community and attended school in Jester and Erick. In 1917,
   he moved with his parents south of Erick, where they established the
   Griffin Farm.
   
   He attended business college in Abilene.
   
   He married Alma Elizabeth Fowler in 1927 at Wellington, Texas. They
   established their home south of Erick, where they were active in
   farming. Mr. Griffin owned the Griffin farm for nearly 80 years. He
   retired from farming in 1968 but continued to be a handyman and
   carpenter.
   
   Mr. Griffin spent a short time working in an arsenal in Benicia,
   Calif., during World War II. He was a member of Erick Primitive
   Baptist Church.
   
   Mr. Griffin was preceded in death by his wife.
   
   Survivors include a daughter, Helen Allen of Perryton; two
   granddaughters; and four great-grandchildren.