Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Griffin, W. Floyd, 1945 

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WILLIAM FLOYD GRIFFIN 

WM. FLOYD GRIFFIN DIES SUN., SEPT. 30 

  William Floyd Griffin, farmer of Black Creek community, died at a Suffolk 
hospital Sunday morning, Sept. 30th after an illness of a few weeks.  Mr. 
Griffin was the husband of Mrs. Musa Britt Griffin of Franklin and son of 
Mrs. Indiana Hatfield Griffin and the late William M. Griffin of Franklin 
community.  He was a member of Black Creek Baptist Church and the Woodmen 
of the World Lodge of Walters.

  Besides his wife and mother he is survived by one son, William Floyd 
Griffin, Jr.; three daughters, Miss Annie May Griffin, Jean Frances and 
Carolyn Fay Griffin, all of Franklin; four sisters, Mrs. W.F. Edwards and 
Mrs. Hunter Blythe of Franklin; Mrs. T.L. Carter of Walters, and Mrs. S.T. 
Spivey of Smithfield.

  Funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at Black 
Creek Baptist Church by the Rev. W.B. Watson with burial in the family 
cemetery.

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WILLIAM FLOYD GRIFFIN

   William Floyd Griffin, a well-known farmer of the Black Creek community, 
died at a Suffolk hospital Sunday morning after an illness of a few weeks. 
He was the husband of Mrs. Musa Britt Griffin of Franklin and son of Mrs. 
Indiana Hatfield Griffin and the late William H. Griffin of Franklin 
community.  He was a member of Black Creek Church and the Woodmen of the 
World lodge of Walters.

   Besides his wife and mother, he is survived by one son, William Floyd 
Griffin, Jr., three daughters, Miss Annie May Griffin, Jean Frances Griffin 
and Carolyn Fay Griffin; four sisters, Mrs. Lula Edwards, Mrs. Hunter Blythe 
of Franklin, Mrs. I.L. Carter of Walters, and Mrs. S.T. Spivey, Jr., of 
Smithfield and a number of nieces and nephews.

   Funeral services were held at Black Creek Church with burial at the family 
cemetery.


William Floyd GRIFFIN, Black Creek farmer, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 30 Sep 1945, Suffolk, age 39, 
interred in the GRIFFIN family cemetery*, Black Creek Rd. at Burdette Rd., 
   2 Oct 1945, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 27, No. 25, Oct. 10, 1945, p. 1, col. 1; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 12, 1945, p. 8 

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

His widow remarried in 1948, to Gilmer R. WEST, also buried there. 
   Her obit ("Tidewater News," Oct. 22, 1981, p. 10A) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/w230m1ob.txt 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Mar. 15, 1935, p. 7) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g615w3ob.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

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