Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Griffin, Harvey F., 1958 

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HARVEY FOUNTAIN GRIFFIN 

   Harvey Fountain Griffin, 29, a former resident of Capron, died in 
Jacksonville, Fla., on Saturday night, February 15, of injuries sustained 
in an automobile accident.  He was the son of Henry P. and Mrs. Cornelia 
Nixon Griffin, formerly of Capron, who moved to Florida about five years 
ago to make their home in that state.

   An automobile mechanic, the deceased was a member of Calvary Baptist 
Church of Portsmouth.

   Surviving are two brothers, Alex B. Griffin of Jacksonville, Fla., and 
George Griffin, USAF, Long Beach, Calif.; three sisters, Mrs. R.H. Ames 
and Misses Grace and Viola Griffin, all of Jacksonville; and a niece, Miss 
Theresa Ames of Jacksonville.

   The body arrived in Franklin on Monday morning and was taken to the 
funeral home of W.J.M. Holland & Sons, where services were held at 2:30 
o'clock Monday afternoon. Rev. William W. Stennett, pastor of the Capron 
Baptist Church, officiated.  Burial was in Capron Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were Edward Crichton, Fletcher Crichton, James Daughtrey, 
Joe Henry Joyner, Walter Joyner, A.L. Pope, Alex Steinhardt and W.H. Story.


Harvey Fountain GRIFFIN, automobile mechanic, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 15 Feb 1958, Jacksonville, Duval Co., FL, age 29, 
interred in Capron Cemetery (unmarked*), 17 Feb 1958, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 20, 1958, Sect. I, p. 3  

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Capron list (C-16): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/capron.txt 


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