Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Griffin, Clarence W. Sr., 2015 

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CLARENCE WAYNE GRIFFIN, SR. 
02-22-1934 - 12-27-2015 
Resided in Wakefield 

  Clarence Wayne Griffin, Sr. "Jack", 81, of Wakefield passed away December 
27, 2015.  He was the son of the late Walter Clarence Griffin and Fannie 
Laine Griffin.  Jack graduated from Wakefield High School and furthered his 
education at the University of Richmond and later, the University of Georgia 
where he received his BS and Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine grading in 1959. 
He was employed by the State of Virginia through the Department of Agriculture 
where he served for 37 years, retiring as Assistant State Veterinarian in 
Richmond, Virginia.  During his service with the state, Jack was the first 
Director of the Airfield 4-H Conference Center in Wakefield.  Jack was also 
instrumental in eradicating Cholera in swine and Brucellosis in cattle in the 
state of Virginia.

  Jack was a member and a past president of Wakefield Community Hunt Club, a 
member of Wakefield Sportsman Club where he had served as chairman of the 
Annual Shad Planking, and a member of the Wakefield Ruritan Club.  He served 
as Vice Chairman of the first Ducks Unlimited Annual Dinner & Auction in 1986 
and a member of Pheasant Pluckers' International 1962.  Jack also served on 
the Wakefield Town Council and as Mayor of The Town of Wakefield from 1976-
1982.

  Jack served on several boards over the years, some of which include 
Tidewater Academy where he had served as President of the Board, Chippokes 
Plantation State Park, The State Fair of Virginia, The Bank of Waverly and 
Chincoteague's Annual Pony Swim where he was instrumental in saving many 
horses, working directly under Governor Mills E. Godwin.

  Left to cherish his memory is his wife, Ernestine "Tina" Ross Griffin, his 
sons, Clarence Wayne Griffin, Jr. and daughter-in-law, Susan Griffin and Ross 
Laine Griffin and daughter-in-law (to be) Heather Hill and is grandchildren, 
Reagan Wayne Griffin, Whitney DeAnne Griffin (to be), Alexis Watkins and 
Allie Watkins.

  The family will receive friends Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at R.W. Baker & 
Co. Funeral Home, Wakefield Chapel from 6 to 8:00 p.m.  A funeral service 
will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at the funeral home. 
Burial will follow at the Wakefield Cemetery.  In lieu of flowers, memorial 
donations may be made to Wakefield Fire Department, 155 Fleetwood Ave., 
Wakefield, VA. 23888 or to Wakefield United Methodist Church, P.O. 87, 
Wakefield, VA 23888. 


Clarence Wayne "Jack" GRIFFIN, Sr., former Wakefield Mayor & councilman, 
retired VA Dept. of Agriculture veterinarian, 
b. 22 Feb 1934, Sussex Co., d. 27 Dec 2015, Sussex Co., 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 30 Dec 2015, 
R.W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home obit 

*His parents & grandparents 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 (R.W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home, 2018) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/g615e4ob.txt 

His father's obit (Purviance Funeral Home, 1994) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/g615w6ob.txt 

His mother's obit (Purviance Funeral Home, 1999) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/g615f1ob.txt 


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