MONTAGUE COUNTY, TX - Obit for JOHNNYE INEZ GRIFFIN 

    Submitted by David D. Griffin  <David-Griffin@msn.com> 
    Saint Jo Tribune

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                            Miss Johnnye Inez Griffin    

   Miss Johnnye Inez Griffin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Griffin of this 
city, died at the home of her sister, Mrs. Leonard Rose, of Ackerly, Texas, on 
Tuesday, May 28, 1929,  at 10 a.m.  Her body was brought to Saint Jo via the 
Katy, reaching here about 1 p.m. Wednesday.
   Funeral services were held for her in the Methodist church, of which she was
a member, on Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock, conducted by Rev. J. R. Atchley
of Lewisville, assisted by Rev. Dean Breedlove.
   Interment was in Mountain Park Cemetery under supervision of C. H. Dunbar
and Scott Bros. jointly.
   Pall bearers were H. D. Field, Jr., J. H. Phillips, William Bowers, Hillard 
Hoffman, Bige Davis and Edgar May.  Flower girls were Miss Thelma Wells, Miss 
Vera Berry, Miss Sara Meador, Mrs. John McMurray, Mrs. Wade and Mrs. Thurman 
Hemphill.
   All of this group of young people, with the exception of Miss Wells had been 
lifelong friends and schoolmates of Miss Johnnye, and six of them graduated 
with her from Saint Jo High School in '23.
   Surviving her are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Griffin, and four sisters, 
Mrs. Leonard Rose of Ackerly, Miss Alice Dee, Miss Pauline and Lena Mae; and a 
brother, Cecil, all of whom are at home with their parents.
   Johnnye Inez Griffin was born in Dallas, on March 9, 1906.  She came to Saint
Jo with her parents when she was just a little girl, and except for two years in
Sanger, she has spent all her young life in Saint Jo among the friends who have
learned to love her sunny nature, her dependable character, and her cheerful,
worthwhile life.   She attended Saint Jo public school and graduated, as 
previously stated, in 1923.  The following summer she and her sister Mildred,
now Mrs. Leonard Rose, attended N. T. S. T. C. at Denton, and since that time
they have been teaching together at different points in West Texas.  This year
they were both teaching at Ackerly.
   She joined the local Methodist church under the ministry of Rev. Atchley 
when she was 16 years of age.
   Out of town relatives attending the funeral were her uncles and aunts, Mr.
and Mrs. J. R. Griffin of Dallas; Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Griffin of Forestburg; Mr. 
and Mrs. W. R. Griffin of Freemound, and L. F. Griffin of Byers, who arrived too 
late for the funeral services.  Her cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Griffin, 
Dallas, Mrs. and Mrs. Jimmie Griffin of Forestburg; Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Griffin 
of Freemound, and Oval Griffin of Dallas, and her brother-in-law's brother Aaron 
Rose of Ackerly.

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