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Homa Leamon Griffin

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Homa Leamon Griffin

Birth
Etowah County, Alabama, USA
Death
16 Jan 1949 (aged 54)
Jacksonville, Calhoun County, Alabama, USA
Burial
Southside, Etowah County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Buried in Pilgrims Rest Cemetery the same cemetery as his parents, John Vandiver Griffin and Idella Victoria Funderburg Griffin.

Homa married Leona Indiana Lee (1892-1968), buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Jacksonville, Calhoun Co., AL.

Children: Vera, Jewel, Hilda, J.T., Hazel, Edna, Betty and Freda Griffin.

Most everyone called you Homer, but your family said your legal name Homa was from the State of Oklahoma. Then, you married a lady named Leona Indiana Lee.

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Alabama Death Certificate # 79
Death place: Jacksonville, Calhoun Co., AL
Male, white, divorced, occupation: blacksmith
Born: Etowah County, Alabama
Parents: Idella Funderburg and John V. Griffin
Cause of death: urethral cancer - possible heart failure
Johnston Funeral Home, Jacksonville, AL
Burial: Pilgrims Rest Cemetery, Etowah Co., AL
Signed by coroner, Anniston, Alabama
Informant for certificate: Mrs. John Davis, Jacksonville, AL
who supplied name, parents, etc.

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World War I registration - June 5. 1917:
Homa L. Griffin, was listed as slender, medium height, light brown hair and light blue eyes. He was a farmer, living in Boaz, Marshall County, Alabama when he registered. He had a wife and two children.
It is uncertain if Homa ever served during WWI.

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Buried in Pilgrims Rest Cemetery the same cemetery as his parents, John Vandiver Griffin and Idella Victoria Funderburg Griffin.

Homa married Leona Indiana Lee (1892-1968), buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Jacksonville, Calhoun Co., AL.

Children: Vera, Jewel, Hilda, J.T., Hazel, Edna, Betty and Freda Griffin.

Most everyone called you Homer, but your family said your legal name Homa was from the State of Oklahoma. Then, you married a lady named Leona Indiana Lee.

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Alabama Death Certificate # 79
Death place: Jacksonville, Calhoun Co., AL
Male, white, divorced, occupation: blacksmith
Born: Etowah County, Alabama
Parents: Idella Funderburg and John V. Griffin
Cause of death: urethral cancer - possible heart failure
Johnston Funeral Home, Jacksonville, AL
Burial: Pilgrims Rest Cemetery, Etowah Co., AL
Signed by coroner, Anniston, Alabama
Informant for certificate: Mrs. John Davis, Jacksonville, AL
who supplied name, parents, etc.

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World War I registration - June 5. 1917:
Homa L. Griffin, was listed as slender, medium height, light brown hair and light blue eyes. He was a farmer, living in Boaz, Marshall County, Alabama when he registered. He had a wife and two children.
It is uncertain if Homa ever served during WWI.

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  • Created by: NGL
  • Added: Jul 22, 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73778524/homa_leamon-griffin: accessed ), memorial page for Homa Leamon Griffin (9 May 1894–16 Jan 1949), Find a Grave Memorial ID 73778524, citing Pilgrims Rest Cemetery, Southside, Etowah County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by NGL (contributor 47559287).