Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Griffin, Martha A. Butler, 1950 

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Martha Ann Griffin Funeral Tomorrow 

  SMITHFIELD, Oct. 4 - Funeral services for Martha Ann Griffin, age 84, who 
died at her home near Windsor Tuesday morning, will be held tomorrow afternoon 
at three o'clock in Antioch Church. 

  Mrs. Griffin was the widow of W.H. Griffin.  She is survived by two sons, 
Ben C. snd Walter Griffin, both of Windsor, and six grandchildren and eight 
great-grandchildren. 

  The Rev. Ellis Clarke will conduct the services, assisted by Rev. John Slye. 

  The body will be removed from the Jones Funeral Home at two o’clock and 
carried to the church where it will lie in state until three o'clock. 

  Pallbearers will be Odell Atkinson, Wesley Copeland, William Hedgepeth, 
Charlie Rhodes, Letcher Braswell, Searle [sic; Surrell] Braswell, Willie Nelms 
and Frank Rose. 

  Grandsons and friends of the family will act as honorary pallbearers. 

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Mrs. W. H. Griffin Buried Oct. 5th In Antioch Cem. 

  Mrs. Martha Ann Griffin, 84, widow of William H. Griffin, died at her home 
near Windsor October 3rd. 

  She is survived by two sons, Ben C. Griffin and Walter Griffin, both of 
Windsor; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. 

  Funeral services were conducted at 3 P.M. Thursday at Antioch Church by the 
Rev. Ellis Clark, assisted by the Rev. John Slye. 

  Burial was in the church cemetery. 


"Mattie" Martha Ann (BUTLER; Mrs. William Henry) GRIFFIN, 
b. 4 Oct 1866, Isle of Wight Co., d. 3 Oct 1950, at home, near Windsor, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 5 Oct 1950, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 27, No. 155, Wed., Oct. 4, 1950, p. 10; 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 33, No. 20, Wed., Oct. 11, 1950, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

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 

Her gravestone shows b. 11 Nov 1871.  A photo of it is posted with 
   Find a Grave Mem. #104717510. 

Her m.rec. gives daughter of James & Caroline BUTLER. 

D.Cert. 23540 (Windsor #10) gives daughter of James & Elizabeth (LEWIS) 
   BUTLER. 


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