Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Griffin, Homie Smith, 1972 

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HOMIE SMITH GRIFFIN

   Funeral services for Mrs. Homie Smith Griffin, 71, of Boykins, who died 
Saturday night in Southampton Memorial Hosp. were conducted Monday at 3 p.m. 
in the Boykins Baptist Church with her pastor, Rev. James T. Campbell 
officiating.  He was assisted by the Rev. Ben B. Ussery pastor of Ridgeway 
Baptist Church.  Burial was in Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins.

   Pallbearers were: Al Washington, Jerry Barnes, Barry Barnes, Wayne Edwards, 
W. Hugh Powell, and J.M. Powell.

   A native of Northampton Co., North Carolina, she was a daughter of 
Nathaniel Thomas and Mrs. Annie Griffin Smith.  She was the wife of John T. 
(Jack) Griffin.

   She was a member of the Boykins Baptist Church.

   In addition to her husband, Mrs. Griffin is survived by a daughter Mrs. 
Edith G. Kirkland of Boykins; a son, Howard B. Griffin of Jamestown, N.C.; 
two sisters, Mrs. Lila Mae Washington of Boykins; and Mrs. Ruth Scarborough 
of Waverly; three brothers, T.B. (Jack) Smith of Boykins, Arthur W. Smith of 
Franklin, and Carlton F. Smith of Norfolk; and five grandchildren.


Homie (SMITH; Mrs. "Jack" John T. Jr.) GRIFFIN, of Boykins, 
Northampton Co., NC native, d. 25 Nov 1972, Franklin, age 71, 
interred in Beechwood Cemetery (Annex 1, Sect. H, Plot 3*), Boykins, 
   27 Nov 1972, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 30, 1972, A-9 

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


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