Services for Sandy Griffin Sr., 90, of Natchez, who died 
Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2000, at Natchez Community Hospital, 
will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at Mount Zion Baptist Church with 
the Rev. John H. Hawkins officiating.

Burial will be in the church cemetery under the direction 
of George F. West Funeral Home.

Visitation is from 4 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home 
and from 3 p.m. until service time Sunday at the church.

Mr. Griffin was born Feb. 25, 1910, in Jefferson County, 
the son of Oliver 
Griffin and Genora Ware Griffin. He was employed for 30 
years with St. Catherine Gravel Co. and pushing barges 
upriver, retiring in 1980, and had worked five years for 
Guido Construction . He was a member and deacon of Mount 
Zion Baptist Church.

Survivors include two sons, Sandy Griffin Jr. of Natchez
and Master Sgt. Garfield Griffin of Fayetteville, N.C.; 
nine daughters, Sandra Lee Davis of Chicago, Genora Norman 
and Alma Lee Tenner of Detroit, Dorothy Mae Bruce, Gloria 
Jean Nelson, Patricia Ann Tenner, Priscilla Elizabeth 
Tenner, Nicole Denise Griffin and Betty Jean Thomas, 
all of Natchez; three sisters, Laura Sanders of Church 
Hill, Irby Daily and Mae Bugg of Los Angeles; one uncle-
in-law, James Smith of New Orleans; two sisters-in-law, 
Charity White of Natchez and Rosie Lee Ware of Church 
Hill; one brother-in-law, Charlie Ware of Church Hill; 
35 grandchildren; 53 great-grandchildren; six great-
great-grandchildren; and a number of nieces, nephews, 
other relatives and friends.

Pallbearers will be friends of the family.

Honorary pallbearers will be Monroe Griffin Jr., 
Johnnie Griffin, James Kenneth Griffin, Alvin Ray 
Griffin and Melvin Griffin."

Source: Natchez Democrat, September 9, 2000, USGenWeb 
Archives by: Ann Allen Geoghegan
http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00008.html#0001878
May 28, 2004