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From: Deanna Hess <>
Subject: [LAWINN-L] Obit.: Wm. W. Griffin, 1938
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 17:50:33 -0600

Obituaries: Wm. W. Griffin, Winn Parish, 1938
Submitted by: Deanna S. Hess, RR 9, Box 1548, Livingston, TX 77351

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The following is a verbatim copy of an obituary notice as it appeared in
the newspaper. Obvious typographical errors have been so noted. Data
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THE WINNFIELD-NEWS AMERICAN
Friday, August 5, 1938

Wm. W. Griffin of Calvin
Victim of Pneumonia Attack

Funeral Services Held on Monday
Afternoon at Bethlehem Church

William Wheeler Griffin, age 38, of Cal[v]in died Sunday morning at a
Shreveport hospital following an illness of two weeks of pneumonia.
Mr. Griffin was one of the young prosperous farmers of the parish,
and a member of one of the widely connected families of the Ward 8
section.
He was a member of the Bethlehem Baptist Church, and from where the
funeral services were held Monday afternoon at two-thirty with interment
in the church cemetery. Rev. C. E. Arrington, pastor, conducted the
services.
Surviving relatives include his widow, who was Miss Beatrice Walker
before her marriage, two small sons, Donald and William Glynn, mother,
Mrs. W. R. Griffin, one brother, Purvis Griffin, four sisters, Mrs. R.
E. Howard, Mrs. H. L. Chandler, Mrs. P. L. Garrett and Mrs. S. Garrett.

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