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Alva J. GRIFFIN

Highland Park Cemetery
Hutchinson County,
Texas

Alva J.
1894-1967

Carrie M.
1893-1960

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*Obituary Alva
Funeral services for Alva James Griffin, 73 long-time resident of Borger, will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday in the Trinity Church of the Nazarene, Rev. Jim Tracy, pastor, officiating.

Burial will follow in Highland Park Cemetery under the direction of Minton Mortuary.

Griffin, a retired operator for Phillips Petroleum Co., died in North Plains Hospital Thursday at 3:30 p.m. following a 24-day illness there. He had been a member of the First Christian Church of Stinnett and was born in Lonewolf, Okla., April 6, 1894.

Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Idell Sherwood of Elk City, Okla., Mrs. J.B. Mills, Mrs. Ozell Carter, Margaret Carter of Philview; three sons, William of Borger, James of Amarillo and Jackie of Pinesville, La.; two sisters, Mrs. Jess Boyd of Dallas and Mrs. Jewell Morganthyler of Waco; 15 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers for Saturday's services will be T. Gaddis, W.R. Flaugher, R.F. Washburn, T.E. Farmer, D.A. Coffey and V.M. Johnson.

(Published in Borger News Herald, August 4, 1967)


*Obituary Carrie

Funeral services are pending for Mrs. A.J. Griffin, 66, at Minton's Funeral Home. She died at 7:40 a.m. today at North Plains Hospital. She had been a resident of Borger for 17 years, and was a member of the First Assembly of God Church and the Rebekah Lodge.

Survivors include her husband of the home address, 508 Michigan; four daughters, Mrs. E.P. Sherwood, Mrs. J.B. Mills, of Borger, Mrs. I.W. Carter, Dumas, Mrs. E.C. Carter, Stinnett; one son, W.H. Griffin of Andrews; four sisters, Mrs. E.F. Wells, Stinnett, Mrs. Pearlie Griffin, Mrs. Susie Garrett, Mrs. Sam Hemby, all of Sayre, Oklahoma; one brother, T.C. Blankenship, of Sayre, 14 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren.

(Published in Borger News Herald, August 19, 1960)
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Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Carrie Griffin
[Carrie Blankenship]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 64
Birth Date: 18 Dec 1895
Birth Place: Bailey, Texas
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Death Date: 19 Aug 1960
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Father: Henry F Blankenship
Mother: Josephine Sowell

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Record #: 429719

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Submitted: 6/20/21 • Approved: 6/20/21 • Last Updated: 6/23/21 • R429719-G429719-S3

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