Southampton-Scott County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Griffin, James H., 1978 

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James H. Griffin 

  James Harvey Griffin, 80, of Boykins, died Thursday in Southampton Memorial 
Hospital in Franklin. 

  He was a native of Speer's Ferry, Va., and the husband of the late Mrs. 
Lizzie Felts Griffin.  He was a retired farmer. 

  He was a member and life deacon of Boykins Baptist Church. 

  Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Wanda Jean Edwards; two sons, T.R. 
Griffin and James F. Griffin, all of Boykins; six grandchildren; and three 
great-grandchildren. 

  A funeral was held Saturday at 3 p.m. in Beechwood Cemetery in Boykins, by 
the Rev. G. Durham Ipock.  The family asks that flowers to omitted and 
memorial donations be made to the Boykins Volunteer Rescue Squad or Boykins 
Baptist Church.  McDowell Funeral Home in Boykins was in charge. 


James Harvey GRIFFIN, of Boykins, retired farmer, 
b. 18 Mar 1898, Speer's Ferry, Scott Co., d. 9 Nov 1978, Franklin, 
interred in Beechwood Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 5/6*), Boykins, 
   11 Nov 1978, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 56, No. 271, Sun., Nov. 12, 1978, p. 2 

*Additional information: 

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

A photo of his gravestone - added by Natalie Padgett - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #129396450. 

D.Cert. 78-033515 

His parents, George Washington & Rebecca Martha (RUTH FALIN) GRIFFIN, 
   are buried in a GRIFFIN family cemetery in Scott Co. 


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