Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Griffin, Walter H., 1969 

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WALTER HENRY GRIFFIN 

  Walter Henry Griffin, 76, a resident of 217 North St,, died in Lakeside 
Nursing Home at 8 p.m. Wednesday. 

  He was the son of the late William Henry and Mrs. Martha Butler Griffin of 
Isle of Wight County and husband of Mrs. Virginia Spivey Griffin. 

  Besides his wife he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. R.A. Gay of Suffolk 
and Mrs. L.R. Brinkley of Richmond; two sons, William Curtis Griffin of 
Windsor, and James Turner Griffin of Denver, Colo.; 12 grandchildren; and 
four great-grandchildren. 

  He was a retired carpenter and member of Pine Grove Assembly of God Church 
in Windsor. 

  Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Friday at the R.W. Baker and Co. 
Funeral Home conducted by the Rev. J. Robert Bennett, pastor of Berea 
Christian Church, Driver, and the Rev. James Hughes, pastor of the Church of 
God.  Burial will be in Antioch Christian Cemetery near Windsor. 

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WALTER HENRY GRIFFIN 

  Funeral services for Walter Henry Griffin were conducted Friday at 3 p.m. 
in R.W. Baker and Co. Funeral Home.  Griffin died Wednesday. 

  The Rev. J. Robert Benneth, pastor of Berea Christian Church, Driver, and 
the Rev. James Hughes, pastor of Church of God, Suffolk, officiated.  Burial 
was in Antioch Christian Church cemetery in Isle of Wight County. 

  Pallbearers were Douglas Griffin, Robert Butler, Frank Brown Sr., Jeff 
Jones, William O'Berry and Graham White. 


Walter Henry GRIFFIN, of Suffolk, retired carpenter, 
b. 28 Dec 1892, Isle of Wight Co., d. 20 Aug 1969, Suffolk, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 12 Aug 1969, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 47, No. 200, Thurs., Aug. 21, 1969, p. 14; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 47, No. 202, Sun., Aug. 24, 1969, p. 10 

*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 

A photo of his gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #207424361. 

Buried with his first wife, Hattie Lenora (TURNER) GRIFFIN. 
   His parents are also buried there. 

D.Cert. 69-023913 

The obit ("Smithfield Times," Apr. 17, 1952, p. 1) 
   of his first wife is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/g615h6ob.txt 

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

His widow "Virgie" (1897 - 1979) is marked as Vergie SAUNDERS, with her first 
   husband, Dudley L. SAUNDERS, in Newman Memorial Cemetery, Oakland Christian 
   Church, near Chuckatuck.  (Find a Grave Memorial #152863302 &c.) 


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