Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Griffin, Willie E., 1942 

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WILLIE EDWARD GRIFFIN 

   Willie Edward Griffin, 54, died at his home in Newsoms Monday.  Mr. Griffin 
was born in Murfreesboro, N.C., the son of the late Sam and Gussie Railey 
Griffin of Hertford County, N.C.  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruth 
O’Berry Griffin.

   He was a member of Newsoms Baptist church and of Woodmen of the World.

   Services were conducted from the home Tuesday by the Rev. F.L. Baker of 
Suffolk, assisted by the Rev. C.P. Cleveland of Newsoms.  Burial was in 
Newsoms cemetery with the following pallbearers: Richard Railey, Foushee 
Railey, J.Q. Worrell, P.S. Worrell, S.R. Vick, E. Beale Carter and George 
Bradshaw.

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WILLIE EDWARD GRIFFIN 

   Being in Newsoms recently we missed the familiar figure of "Willie Griffin" 
on the streets and in the Post Office.  Mr. Griffin was a popular fertilizer 
salesman and peanut buyer for many years and had many friends in Newsoms 
District and in the Como community where he was reared by his uncle, John 
Railey, he being orphaned at an early age.

   His devotion to an only niece, Gussie Griffin Bradley, was beautiful both 
in her childhood and last illness.  She was the daughter of his only brother, 
Lew Griffin, who died in 1916.  He is survived by his wife, Miss Ruth O’Berry 
Griffin, and a number of relatives in Southampton and Hertford counties.

   Though in failing health for many months his death came as a shock to his 
family and friends, his wife finding him dead in his chair December 28, 1942. 
He will be missed by the public he served so long and by his family.  Kind in 
his family, accommodating to his friends and neighbors, he’s gone but not 
forgotten.  Communicated.


Willie Edward GRIFFIN, fertilizer salesman & peanut buyer, 
b. Murfreesboro, Hertford Co., NC, 
d. 28 Dec 1942, at home, near Newsoms, age 54, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 29 Dec 1942, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 1, 1943, p. 8; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 29, 1943, p. 5 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Hollywood list (N-39): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 


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