Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Griffin, Ada E., 1958 

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Funeral Today for Ada Ellen Griffin 

  Funeral services for Miss Ada Ellen Griffin will be conducted today at 2 
p.m. at the Baker Funeral Home by the Rev. G.C. Crutchfield, pastor of Antioch 
Christian Church.  Burial will be in the church cemetery. 

  Miss Griffin, 85, resident of Suffolk for many years, died Friday at 12:30 
p.m. at the Lane Nursing Home after a long illness. 

  She was a daughter of the late John Clinton and Mrs. Rebecca Gaskins Griffin 
of Isle of Wight County. 

  She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Annie Griffin Daniels of Suffolk and a 
number of nieces and nephews.  She was a member of Antioch Christian church. 

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Rites Held Sunday For Ada Ellen Griffin 

  Funeral services for Ada Ellen Griffin were conducted yesterday at 2 p.m. 
at the Baker Funeral Home by the Rev. G.C. Crutchfield, pastor of Antioch 
Christian Church.  Burial was in the church cemetery. 

  The casket was covered with a pall of white carnations, purple and lavender 
stock, yellow roses and acacia. 

  Pallbearers were George Stroud, Jack Stroud, C.E. Gaskins, J.C. Griffin, 
Harry Griffin and Charlie Griffin. 


Ada Ellen GRIFFIN, 
b. 15 Nov 1872, Isle of Wight Co., d. 17 Jan 1958, Suffolk, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 19 Jan 1958, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 36, No. 15, Sun., Jan. 19, 1958, p. 9; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 36, No. 16, Mon., Jan. 20, 1958, p. 3 

*Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #20: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A photo of her gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #104887694. 

Her parents, John Clinton & Rebecca Elizabeth (GASKINS) GRIFFIN, 
   are also buried there. 

D.Cert. 1315 (Suffolk #6) 

Her father (1842-1892) was a Confederate veteran, having served in Co. D, 
   16th VA Infantry, CSA.  He was captured 27 Oct 1864 at Burgess Mill, 
   and exchanged 28 Mar 1865. 

Her mother's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Nov. 11, 1929, p. 12) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/g615r1ob.txt 


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