Survivors include six daughters, Mrs. Bertha Woodfin, Mrs. Ethel Stanford, Mrs. Racheal Young, Mrs. Freda Gordon, Mrs. Lucille Lavell, and Mrs. Vera Woodfin: two sons, Gilbert Griggs and Tommy Griggs, of Huntsville: 47 grandchildren: 61 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held this morning at 11 a.m. at the First Church of Christ in Athens. Interment was in Leggtown cemetery, with Mutual-Service funeral home directing.
Pallbearers were Gordon Miller, Lermon Chapman, James McCormick, J.C. Stanford, Charlie Woodfin, and Willie G. Rogers.
From: The Huntsville Times 22 July 1947
Cemetery Inscriptions,Limestone Co.,AL,Legg Cem.
GRIGGS, Dewitt G. Jun. 6, 1867-Mar. 31, 1928 GRIGGS, Lillian
M. Mar. 19, 1871-Jul. 20, 1947
Survivors include six daughters, Mrs. Bertha Woodfin, Mrs. Ethel Stanford, Mrs. Racheal Young, Mrs. Freda Gordon, Mrs. Lucille Lavell, and Mrs. Vera Woodfin: two sons, Gilbert Griggs and Tommy Griggs, of Huntsville: 47 grandchildren: 61 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held this morning at 11 a.m. at the First Church of Christ in Athens. Interment was in Leggtown cemetery, with Mutual-Service funeral home directing.
Pallbearers were Gordon Miller, Lermon Chapman, James McCormick, J.C. Stanford, Charlie Woodfin, and Willie G. Rogers.
From: The Huntsville Times 22 July 1947
Cemetery Inscriptions,Limestone Co.,AL,Legg Cem.
GRIGGS, Dewitt G. Jun. 6, 1867-Mar. 31, 1928 GRIGGS, Lillian
M. Mar. 19, 1871-Jul. 20, 1947
Family Members
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Bertha Leona Griggs Woodfin
1889–1978
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Jessie Mae Griggs Rogers
1891–1946
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Dora Anna Griggs Claxton
1894–1970
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Freda Othelia "Freddie" Griggs Gardner
1895–1960
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Dewitt Gilbert Griggs
1897–1976
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Ethel Idabell Griggs Stanford
1900–1987
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Lacy Cecilia Griggs Tomerlin
1903–1973
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Thomas David Griggs
1906–1993
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Maggie Villa Griggs Woodfin
1909–1987
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Rachel O. Griggs Young
1911–1981
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