Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Griffin, Ernest T., 2000 

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ERNEST TRUMAN GRIFFIN 

  Ernest Truman "Bubba" Griffin, 52, died Dec. 12, 2000, in Southampton 
Memorial Hospital.  He was an Army veteran of Vietnam and was a service 
mechanic with Franklin Equipment Sales and Service. 

  Survivors include his wife, Theresa Whitley Griffin; his mother, Gladys 
Bryant Whalin of Franklin; a daughter, Donna J. Baker and her husband, Joe, 
of Hobgood, N.C.; two stepdaughters, Tina Spivey of Boykins and Lisa Whitfield 
and her husband, Melvin, of Suffolk; a stepson, Raymond P. Gay and his wife, 
Nickie, of Como, N.C.; a sister, Joyce G. Ricks and her husband, Mac, of 
Pendleton, N.C.; six stepgrandchildren, Brian Gay, Candice Midyette, Bradley 
Spivey, Sharon Gay, Shannon Gay and Robert Whitfield; a niece, Robin Byrd and 
her husband, Charles and son Joshua of Murfreesboro; and special aunts.  He 
was predeceased by his father, Johnnie Griffin. 

  A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Wright 
Funeral Home with the Rev. J.R. Hughes and the Rev. Howard Vinson officiating. 
Burial will be in Southampton Memorial Park.  The family will receive friends 
from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today at the funeral home and suggests that memorials be 
made to the American Cancer Society, c/o Ruth Petty, 116 Southampton Road, 
Franklin, VA 23851. 


Ernest Truman "Bubba" GRIFFIN, Franklin Equipment service mechanic, 
Army veteran of Vietnam, 
b. 4 Nov 1947, d. 12 Dec 2000, Franklin, 
interred in Southampton Memorial Park (Gethsemane, Plot 145*), 14 Dec 2000, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Dec. 13, 2000, B9 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Southampton Memorial list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/somempk.txt 

His father, "Johnnie" John GRIFFIN, Jr., & paternal grandparents 
   are buried in Sycamore Baptist Church Cemetery - Row 5, Plot 53. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (IV-44): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt 

His maternal grandparents, John L. & Kate L. (COGGSDALE) BRYANT, 
   are buried in Southampton Memorial Park (Devotion II, Plot 65). 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Southampton Memorial list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/somempk.txt 
   

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