Obit of Cates, Joyce (Griffin) - Murray County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Dennis Muncrief 27 Mar 2005 Return to Murray County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/murray/murray.htm ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Surnames: Cates Henderson Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UaB.2ACI/1161 Joyce (Griffin) Cates Private family services were held for Joyce (Griffin) Cates, 64, Sulphur with Cowley-Krien Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Born December 3, 1940 in Modesto, Calif. to Merle Troy and Marh Jane Henderson Griffin, she died February 1 in Artesian Nursing Home. She was born and raised in Modesto and she and her husband had lived in Washington and Texas before moving to Sulphur in 1995 where she lived the remainder of her life. She married Johnny Cates on August 3, 1958 in Modesto, Calif. She is survived by her husband, Johnny, of the home; one son, Johnny Eric Cates, Oakdale, Calif.; three daughters, Rebecca Jane Brown, Senora, Calif., Laura Jean Morris, Oakdale, Calif. and Tiffany Darlene Stinson, Sulphur; two brothers, David Lee Griffin, Esclon, Calif. and Danny Ray Griffin, Fresno, Calif.; three sisters, Carol Jean Longden, Denair, Calif., Ruth Elaine Henley, Eufaula and Janie Malk, Denair, Calif. She was preceded in death by her parents and one son, Russell Cates. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Murray County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/murray/murray.htm