Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Griffin, Benjamin C., 1953 

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Franklin 

Rites Held Today For B. C. Griffin 

  FRANKLIN, March 19 - Funeral services for Benjamin Clinton Griffin, 56, 
lifelong resident of Isle of Wight County, who died at his home on the 
Windsor-Smithfield Highway early Tuesday morning after a long illness, 
were held today at 3:30 p.m. at the W.J.M. Holland Sons Funeral Home. 
Officiating were the Rev. Ellis Clark, pastor of Antioch Christian Church, 
and the Rev. B.A. Riddle, pastor of Windsor Christian Church.  Burial was 
in Windsor Cemetery. 

  Mr. Griffin was the husband of Mrs. Delma Holland Griffin, of Windsor, 
and son of the late William Henry and Martha Ann Butler Griffin. 

  Besides his wife, he is survived by one son, Mills William Griffin; a 
daughter, Mrs. Frank Brown, both of Windsor; a brother, Walter H. Griffin, 
of Suffolk; two grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews. 


Benjamin Clinton GRIFFIN, farmer, 
b. 14 Dec 1896, Isle of Wight Co., d. 17 Mar 1953, at home, Isle of Wight Co., 
interred in Windsor Cemetery*, 19 Mar 1953, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 31, No. 66, Thurs., Mar. 19, 1953, p. 2 

*Additional information: 

Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #26: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Carrie Bland - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #119141440. 

D.Cert. 7598 (Windsor #2) 

His parents are buried in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery, near Windsor. 
   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 

His mother's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald" & "Smithfield Times," Oct, 1950) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/g615m5ob.txt 


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