Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Griffin, Sarah E. Holland, 1941 

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JAMES CASWELL GRIFFIN

   James Caswell Griffin, well-known resident and farmer of Nansemond County 
died Monday morning at his home near Holland after an illness of a few months.

   Mr. Griffin was the husband of Mrs. Sallie Emma Holland Griffin, and the 
son of the late Benjamin R. and Lydia Ferguson Griffin of this community.  He 
was born near Newsoms, April 9, 1874.  He was a member of South Quay Baptist 
Church, serving as a deacon for many years.

   Besides his wife he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. George Whitehead, 
Jr. of Ahoskie and Miss Lydia Griffin of Holland; two sons, J.P. Griffin of 
Pensacola, Fla. and J.E. Griffin of Holland; five grandchildren; two sisters, 
Mrs. L.P. Williams of Capron and Mrs. P.B. Edwards of Courtland.

   Services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the residence 
by the Rev. H.L. Lumpkin, his pastor, assisted by the Rev. R.D. Stephenson of 
Franklin.  Burial took place in Poplar Spring Cemetery here, pallbearers being 
J.L. Rawls, Roland Clark, B.W. Daughtrey, Hudson Howell, W.E. Beale, W.A. 
Jones, Garland Saunders and Percy Vaughan.


James Caswell GRIFFIN, Nansemond Co. farmer, 
b. 9 Apr 1874, near Newsoms, d. 10 Feb 1941, at home, near Holland, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 149*), Franklin, 
   12 Feb 1941, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 14, 1941, p. 4 

*Southampton County Historical Society, Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Feb. 26, 1943) is posted at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/g615s2ob.txt 


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