Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries


Teague Chronicle
January 10, 2008 edition


KATHRYN GRIFFITH


Graveside services for Mrs. Kathryn Griffith, 81, were held on Friday, January
4, 2008, at Oakwood Cemetery in Waco. Bro. Jimmy Petty officiated.

Mrs. Griffith passed away on Wednesday, January 2, 2008, at Parkview Regional 
Hospital in Mexia.

She was born in Waxahachie, Texas, but grew up in Waco and attended Waco High 
School. She married Wendell W. Griffith on May 5, 1946, and they moved to 
Teague in 1953. They resided in Teague for twenty years until moving to Ft. 
Worth in 1973. She and her husband returned to Teague (Cotton Gin area) in 1986.

She loved to go fishing and to raise a garden. Mrs. Griffith was a member of 
the First Baptist Church in Teague.

She is survived by her husband of over 61 years, Wendell W. Griffith of Cotton
Gin; her son Mike Griffith and wife Karlene of Teague; her daughter Pam Jordan
and husband S.B. of Teague; her granddaughters April Hedrick and husband Warren
of Cotton Gin, Brandi Kerr and husband Jason of Teague and Jaime Hardy and 
husband Tim of Bryan; her grandsons Aaron Griffith and wife Staci of Teague and
Slade Jordan and Deb Doane of Waco; her great grandchildren Kendall Griffith,
Kassidy Griffith, Reid Krenek, Lukas Hardy and Jakob Hardy; her brother John 
Fletcher Haynes and wife Aletha of Tularosa, New Mexico; and numerous nieces 
and nephews.

Mrs. Griffith was preceded in death by her parents John Haynes and Mamie Brown.

In lieu of flowers the family requests that memorials be made to the Teague 
Over Fifty-Five Center, 511 Main Street, Teague, Texas, 75860.

Bowers Funeral Home of Teague was in charge of the arrangements.

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Fairfield Recorder
January 12, 2008

Kathryn Griffith

Funeral services were held last week for Kathryn Griffith, 81, of Teague who
died Wednesday, Jan. 2 at Parkview Regional Hospital in Mexia.

Mrs. Griffith was born in Waxahacie to parents John Haynes and Mamie Brown.

She was raised in Waco where she attended Waco high school and on May 5, 1946 
she married Wendell W. Griffith.

In 1953 the couple moved to Teague where they lived for twenty years before 
moving to Fort Worth.

In 1986 Mrs. Griffith and her husband moved to Cotton Gin and was a member 
of the First Baptist Church of Teague.

Mrs. Griffith is survived by husband Wendell W. Griffith of Cotton Gin; son 
Mike Griffith and wife Karlene of Teague; daughter, Pam Jordan and husband 
S.B. of Teague; granddaughters April Hedrick and husband Warren of Cotton Gin,
Brandi Kerr and husband Jason of Teague and Jaime Hardy and husband Tim of
Bryan; grandsons Aaron Griffith and wife Staci of Teague and Slade Jordan and
Deb Doane of Waco; great grandchildren Kendall Griffith, Kassidy Griffith, 
Reid Krenek, Lukas Hardy and Jakob Hardy; and brother John Fletcher Haynes and
wife Aletha of Tularosa, New Mexico.

She is preceded in death by her parents John Haynes and Mamie Brown.

Memorials may be made to the Teague Over 55 Center, 511 Main Street, Teague, 
Texas, 75860.

Arrangements by Bowers Funeral Home of Teague.