Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Griggs, Sidney A., 1964 

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Griggs Rites Will Be Friday 

  WINDSOR - Funeral services for Sidney Augustus Griggs will be conducted 
Friday at 2 p.m. in Hill Funeral Home.  Burial will be in Antioch Christian 
Church Cemetery. 

  Mr. Griggs, 56, of Route 2, Windsor, died Wednesday at 10:45 a.m. in Patrick 
Henry Hospital, after a long illness. 

  A native of Isle of Wight County, he was a retired farmer.  He was a son of 
Thaddeus and Mrs. Annie Holland Griggs. 

  Surviving are four sisters, Mrs. Maude Braswell and Mrs. Cora Edwards of 
Windsor, Mrs. Ballie Gay of Zuni and Mrs. Ella Bassett of Chesapeake; and two 
brothers, Richard Griggs of Windsor and John T. Griggs of Chesapeake. 

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Griggs Rites Are Conducted 

  Funeral services for Sidney Augustus Griggs, who died Wednesday, were 
conducted Friday at 2 p.m. in Hill Funeral Home by the Rev. L.R. Nease Jr., 
pastor of Providence Methodist Church.  Burial was in Antioch Christian 
Church Cemetery. 

  Pallbearers were Leroy Gray, Herbert Gray, Tommy Griggs, Donald E. Griggs, 
Aubrey Griggs, Harvey Griggs, Willie G. Edwards and J. Ralph Johnson. 

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Zuni Personals 
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  Mrs. Ballie Gay and Mrs. Gordon Vandenburg attended the funeral of Sidney 
Griggs at Antioch Church on Friday. 

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Sidney Augustus GRIGGS, retired farmer, 
b. 17 Jan 1908, Isle of Wight Co., d. 21 Oct 1964, Newport News, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 23 Oct 1964, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 42, No. 254, Thurs., Oct. 22, 1964, p. 6; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 42, No. 256, Sun., Oct. 25, 1964, p. 1; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 42, No. 261, Fri., Oct. 30, 1964, p. 6 

*Additional information: 

Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 

Unmarked?  Not on: 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #20: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

Find a Grave Memorial #201140093 [no photo] 

His parents are also buried there. 

D.Cert. 27120 (Newport News #881) 


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