Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Griffin, Fannie Laine, 1999 

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FANNIE LAINE GRIFFIN 

  WAKEFIELD - Fannie Laine Griffin, 86, a lifelong resident of Sussex County, 
died Thursday, May 13, 1999, after a long illness.

  Born on April 21, 1913, she was the daughter of the late Crawley Allen and 
Lucy Branch Laine.  She was a member of the Wakefield United Methodist Church 
and attended the Wakefield Baptist Church.

  The widow of Walter Clarence Griffin, she is survived by a son, Dr. C.W. 
Griffin and his wife, Tina Ross Griffin, of Wakefield; two grandsons, C. Wayne 
Griffin, Jr. and Ross Laine Griffin, both of Wakefield; a brother, Hugh C. 
Laine of New Jersey; a sister, Lucy L. Lonberger of Ivor; and several nieces 
and nephews.

  A graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in Wakefield Cemetery by the 
Rev. C. Randolph Duncan and the Rev. Douglas M. Cotter.  A visitation with 
light refreshments will be held for family and friends following the service 
Sunday at the residence of Dr. C.W. and Tina Griffin, 131 W. Main St., 
Wakefield.  Purviance Funeral Home is handling arrangements.


Fannie (LAINE; Mrs. Walter C.) GRIFFIN, 
b. 21 Apr 1913, Sussex Co.*, d. 13 May 1999, Petersburg, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery**, 16 May 1999, 
Purviance Funeral Home obit 

**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 

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

Her mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Oct. 25, 1965, p. 2) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/l500l1ob.txt 

*B.Cert. 1918-24745 (Wakefield #7) mistakenly assigned to Southampton Co. - 
   her parents' birthplace. 


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

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/g615f1ob.txt