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Submitted: 6/12/22 • Approved: 6/12/22 • Last Updated: 6/15/22 • R519806-G519806-S3
William B. Griffin
March 11, 1903-May 10, 1981
Carmel Z. Carmichael Griffin
October 11, 1902-June 6, 1997
Married November 16, 1921
*Photo, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary Carmel Z.
Carmel Griffin
June 6, 1997
Carmel Griffin, 94, of Hereford died Friday at Baptist/St. Anthony Hospital in Amarillo.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday at the First Baptist Church in Friona with the Rev. Robert Griffin of Oklahoma City and Rev. Geary Brogden of Lubbock officiating. Burial will be in West Park Cemetery under direction of Ellis-Blackwell Funeral Home of Friona.
Mrs. Griffin was born Oct. 11, 1902 in Delhi, Ok. She moved to Deaf Smith County with her parents, D.R. and Ida Carmichael in 1925, when they bought a farm in the Wyche Community. She married William B. Griffin in 1921 in Sayer [sic], Ok. He died in 1981.
Mrs. Griffin had been a resident of Hereford since 1952, moving here from Borger. She was a member of Greenwood Baptist Church. She worked in the cafeteria in Borger schools and she managed the cafeteria in Hereford schools for a number of years. She was a secretary of the VFW in Borger for many years.
Survivors include two sons, Meryle Griffin of Sublett, Kan., and Mickey Griffin of Friona; three daughters, Melba Bayless of Pinkney, Mi., Billie Ruth Swaffer of Conroe and Marilyn Douglas of Odessa; two brothers, Pete Carmichael of Hereford and Loys Carmichael of Friona; a sister, Robbie Griffin of Toledo Bend; 18 grandchildren, 38 great-grandchildren, and four great-great grandchildren.
(Published in The Hereford Brand, 96th Year, Vol. No. 239, Deaf Smith County, Texas, Sunday, June 8, 1997, Page 2)
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Oklahoma, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1890-1995
Name: Carmel Carmichael
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Birth Date: abt 1902
Marriage Date: 16 Nov 1921
Marriage Place: Beckham, Oklahoma, USA
Spouse: W B Griffin
Film Number: 001312935
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Carmel Griffin
Death Date: 6 Jun 1997
Death County: Potter
Gender: Female
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Carmel Z. Griffin
Last Residence: 79045 Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
BORN: 11 Oct 1902
Died: 6 Jun 1997
Contributed on 6/12/22 by neldapat
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