Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Griffin, Burnley, 1928 

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Funeral Rites For Burnley Griffin Held 

  The funeral services of Burnley Griffin were conducted Wednesday afternoon 
at 3 o'clock at the Black Creek Baptist Church, by the Rev. P.R. Welch, and 
assisted by the Rev. L.R. Pankey.  The members of his Sunday school class, 
which was the Berea Bible Class of Beaver Dam Church, E.H. Whitley, D.C. 
Bradshaw, L.R. Griffin, N.H. Bradshaw, William Vaughan, Clyde Vaughan, Charlie 
Bradshaw, William Carr.  Honorary, David Lankford, W.D. Lankford, M.L. 
Lankford, W.J. Holland, I.L. Carter, L.E. Beale, William Lee, Paul Carr, Noah 
Bradshaw, Charlie Carr, Hunter Blythe, Henry Duke, G.W. Morgan, Elihu 
Lankford, W.F. Edwards, R.M. Drewry.  Interment was in the family cemetery. 


Burnley GRIFFIN, farmer, 
b. 6 Feb 1898*, Southampton Co., d. 2 Apr 1928, Isle of Wight Co., 
interred in the GRIFFIN family cemetery*, Black Creek & Burdette Rds., 
   4 Apr 1928, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 6, No. 13, Thurs., Apr. 5, 1928, p. 2 

*Additional information: 

Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (I-34): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol1.txt 

His gravestone shows b. 1901.  A photo of - added by Remembering the Forgotten 
   - and a clipping of this obit - added by W. Clay Byrum - are posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #35884137. 

His parents, William Henry & Indianna (HATFIELD) GRIFFIN, are also buried 
   there. 

D.Cert. 11389 (Dist. 462C #5) 

The 1900 Census - Jerusalem Dist., Southampton Co. - gives b. Feb 1898. 

His WW-I draft card gives b. 6 Feb 1900. 

His widow, Lucy Edna (BRADSHAW) GRIFFIN, 2m. Willie Thomas CHAPMAN. 
   They are buried in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery, near Windsor. 
   Antioch list, an extension of the 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 obits ("Suffolk News-Herald & Smithfield Times," Feb. 1997) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/c155l2ob.txt 


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