Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Griffin, E. Ernestine Ross, 2018 

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ELMA ERNESTINE "TINA" ROSS GRIFFIN 

  Elma Ernestine "Tina" Griffin died peacefully on September 27, 2018.  She is 
preceded in death by her husband, Dr. C.W. "Jack" Griffin Sr.; her parents, 
Elmer F. Ross and Hattie Borrell Ross; two sisters, Irma Molloy, Margie Hicks, 
and a brother, J.D. Ross.  She is survived by her brother, Wallace Edward; two 
sons, Clarence Wayne Griffin, Jr. and his wife, Susan Reagan Griffin, and Ross 
Laine Griffin and his wife, Heather Hill Griffin; four grandchildren, Reagan 
Griffin, Whitney Griffen, Alexis Watkins and Allie Watkins.

  Tina was born in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina and graduated from Roanoke 
Rapids high school.  After graduating, she moved to Richmond, Virginia where 
she attended Virginia Commonwealth University.  Tina then began employment 
with the state of Virginia under the Department of Agriculture, finishing her 
career as an assistant to the State Veterinarian of Virginia.  There she met 
Dr. C.W. "Jack" Griffin, and moved to Wakefield, Virginia.  She was a faithful 
member of the Wakefield United Methodist Church, the Women's Club, and the 
Daughters of the Confederacy.  Most of all she was a wonderful mother, 
Grandmother, and a person that believed family came first.  She will be 
greatly missed by her family, who loved her very much. 

  A funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Monday, October 1, 2018 at 
Wakefield United Methodist Church with Pastor Glenn Riggs officiating.  Burial 
will follow at Wakefield Cemetery.  The family will receive friends following 
the burial in the church fellowship hall.  In lieu of flowers, memorial 
contributions may be made to Wakefield UMC, P.O. Box 87 Wakefield, VA 23888. 
R.W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home, Wakefield Chapel is serving the family. 


Elma Ernestine "Tina" (ROSS; Mrs. "Jack" C.W. Sr.) GRIFFIN, 
retired from the VA Dept. of Agriculture, 
b. 22 Dec 1937, Roanoke Rapids, NC, d. 27 Sep 2018, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 1 Oct 2018, 
R.W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home funeral bulletin 

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

Her husband's obit (R.W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home, 2018) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/g615c3ob.txt 

Her parents are buried in Cedarwood Cemetery, Roanoke Rapids, NC. 
   (Find a Grave Mem. #105523401 &c.) 


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

file at: 
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