Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Griffin, Edna M. Riopel, 1945 

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GRIFFIN RITES ARE HELD HERE 

Services Held At St. Mary's 

  SUFFOLK, Sept. 24. - Funeral services for Mrs. Edna Riopel Griffin, of 
Richmond, formerly of Suffolk, were conducted at 10 a.m. today at St. Mary's 
Catholic Church by the Rev. J.O. Schmidhauser, pastor, assisted by Father 
Harold Nott and Father T.J. Healy, of Richmond, and Father Joseph Brennan, 
of Norfolk. 

  The casket was covered with a cross of white gladioli, white chrysanthemums, 
white gladioli and baby's breath.  The hymns sung were "Mother Dear, O Pray 
For Me," "To Jesus Heart All Burning" and "Look Upon Me, Mother." 

  Active pallbearers were Whitney Winborne, Anthony Mehalko, Marion F. 
Monohan, Carr Hill, Winston Camp, Steverson Boykins [sic; Stephenson Boykin] 
and G. C. Neblett.  Friends of the family served as honorary pallbearers and 
burial was in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 

  While in Suffolk, Mrs. Griffin had lived at the home of Mrs. Catherine C. 
Winborne on Pinner Street.  She was at one time in training at Lakeview 
Hospital here and had once been employed at the old D.P. Paul Music Company 
here. 

  Mrs. Griffin's daughter, Theresa, is a student at St. Joseph's Villa in 
Richmond. 

  Mrs. Griffin also is survived by her mother, Mrs. Mary Riopel, of Ivor; a 
sister, Lenore, a lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corps. 

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Former Ivor Lady Is Slain On Streets In Richmond, Va. 

  Suffolk, Sept. 22 - Funeral services for Mrs. Edna Riopel Griffin, who 
was killed in a daylight shooting in Richmond yesterday afternoon, will be 
conducted at St. Mary's Catholic Church here on Monday at 10 AM by the Rev. 
Father J.O. Schmidhouser.  Burial was in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 

  The body was taken to the Harcum Funeral Home in Waverly and rosary services 
were conducted there Sunday at 8 P.M. 

  Mrs. Riopel, the former Miss Edna Riopel of Ivor, is survived by a small 
daughter, Theresa Griffin; her mother, Mrs. Mary Riopel of Ivor, and a sister, 
Lt. Leonore Riopel, ANC, who recently returned from overseas. 

Court Denies Bond For Accused Killer 

  Willie A. Brittle, 51, was certified to the October Grand Jury of Hustings 
Court by Police Justice Carleton E. Jewett this morning following the shooting 
yesterday in downtown Richmond before scores of spectators. 

  Witnesses reported to police that Brittle accosted the victim, Mrs. Edna 
Griffin, 33, as she came out of a theatre yesterday afternoon and, climaxing a 
dispute, pushed her to the pavement and fired five shots into her with a heavy-
caliber revolver. 

  The grand jury convenes on Monday, October 1, at 10 A.M.  At the request of 
Judge John Ingram of Hustings Court, bail for Brittle was denied by Justice 
Jewett. 

  Brittle previously had been brought into Police Court on charges of 
felonious assault on Mrs. Griffin on September 12 and had been released under 
$500 bond.  He was charged with threatening Mrs. Griffin with a pistol. 


Edna Marie (RIOPEL; Mrs. James Henry) GRIFFIN, 
b. Jan 1911, Oriental, Pamlico Co., NC, d. 21 Sep 1945, Richmond, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block Y, Lot 18*), Suffolk, 24 Sep 1945, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 30, No. 336, Mon., Sep. 24, 1945, p. 8; 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Volume 27, Number 23, Wed., Sep. 26, 1945, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Cedar Hill list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_g.txt 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Wayne Lunde - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #70519941. 

Her parents, Napoleon & Mary (CLAIR) RIOPEL, both natives of Canada, 
   are buried in the same lot. 

D.Cert. 19046 (Richmond #2169) 


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