Sussex-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Griffin, Otha C. Sr., 2011 

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OTHA CARLTON "DOOTS" GRIFFIN, SR. 

  Otha Carlton "Doots" Griffin, Sr., 92, of Wakefield, passed away on 
Wednesday, February 16, 2011.  Mr. Griffin retired from Sussex Oil Company 
and was a member of Millfield Baptist Church.  He was also a member of the 
Ivor Masonic Lodge #291 and both the Wakefield and Homeville Hunt Clubs. 
He was preceded in death by his parents, James Walter Griffin and Alma Epps 
Griffin; grandchild, James Stacy Adams; brothers, Clarence, William and Wilson 
Griffin; and sister, Virginia Griffin Wright.

  He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Morris S. Griffin; children, Amy G. 
Adams and husband, Rick; Connie G. Epperson and friend, Walt; Jean G. Whitmore 
and husband, Don; O. Carlton Griffin, Jr. and wife Susan; and Laura Lynn G. 
Reust and husband, Tom; grandchildren, Don Whitmore, Jr., Terri W. Pittman, 
Gene Faison, William Faison, and Robert Faison; step-grandchildren, Dustin and 
Davis Reust; five great-grandchildren and sisters, LeClare Brittle, Christine 
Vaden and Betty Lineberry Cook. 

  A graveside service with Masonic Rites was held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, 
February 19, 2011 at Wakefield Cemetery with Rev. Jay Butcher officiating. 
The family will receive friends at the home.  Flowers are welcome or donations 
may be made to Waverly Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 583, Waverly, VA 23890.  The 
family is being served by the Purviance Chapel of J.R. Morriss & Son Funeral 
Home in Wakefield. 


Otha Carlton "Doots" GRIFFIN, Sr., retired from Sussex Oil, 
b. 29 Nov 1918, Southampton Co., d. 16 Feb 2011, Suffolk, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 19 Feb 2011, 
"Sussex-Surry Dispatch," Feb. 23, 2011, p. 8 

*His parents are also buried there.  Wakefield list, an extension of 
   the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

His widow's obit ("Progress-Index," Sep. 8, 2013, p. A-6) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/g615m3ob.txt 


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