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Melvin Kenneth “Ken” Griffin

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Melvin Kenneth “Ken” Griffin

Birth
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Death
26 Nov 2011 (aged 80)
Odessa, Ector County, Texas, USA
Burial
Odessa, Ector County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Fountain Plot 285 Lot 5
Memorial ID
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spouse:Glenda Rae _______
parents of:Randy,Gail,Lori
married:60 years(on stone)
parents:Harvey Walter Griffin & Norma Adele Powell
parents names on Texas Birth Index
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ODESSA Ken Griffin is a practicing attorney who was born in Dallas, TX, in 1931 and raised in West Texas and Southeastern New Mexico. He has been married to Glenda Rae Smith for 60 yrs and they have three (3) grown children.

He graduated from Odessa High School in Odessa, TX and played football and basketball. He received his law degree from the University of Texas Law School at Austin, TX in 1957 and was admitted to practice in the State of Texas that same year

Mr. Griffin served in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean Conflict as an anti-aircraft ordinance specialist and was honorably discharged with the rank of Staff sergeant. He qualified as an expert rifleman and was named as the outstanding member of his platoon

He has been a member of the Church of Christ for 54 years and has served as an Elder at the Sixth & Jackson Church of Christ in Odessa for 35 years. He taught bible classes for many years. He was a member of the Odessa East Rotary club in Odessa since 1979 and served as a past president of that organization and is a Paul Harris Fellow.

Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.

Odessa American, The (TX) - Tuesday, November 29, 2011
spouse:Glenda Rae _______
parents of:Randy,Gail,Lori
married:60 years(on stone)
parents:Harvey Walter Griffin & Norma Adele Powell
parents names on Texas Birth Index
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ODESSA Ken Griffin is a practicing attorney who was born in Dallas, TX, in 1931 and raised in West Texas and Southeastern New Mexico. He has been married to Glenda Rae Smith for 60 yrs and they have three (3) grown children.

He graduated from Odessa High School in Odessa, TX and played football and basketball. He received his law degree from the University of Texas Law School at Austin, TX in 1957 and was admitted to practice in the State of Texas that same year

Mr. Griffin served in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean Conflict as an anti-aircraft ordinance specialist and was honorably discharged with the rank of Staff sergeant. He qualified as an expert rifleman and was named as the outstanding member of his platoon

He has been a member of the Church of Christ for 54 years and has served as an Elder at the Sixth & Jackson Church of Christ in Odessa for 35 years. He taught bible classes for many years. He was a member of the Odessa East Rotary club in Odessa since 1979 and served as a past president of that organization and is a Paul Harris Fellow.

Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.

Odessa American, The (TX) - Tuesday, November 29, 2011

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