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Orville Garrett Griffith

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Orville Garrett Griffith

Birth
Macks Creek, Camden County, Missouri, USA
Death
2 Dec 1964 (aged 63)
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Obituary:

Orville G. Griffith, 63, died at Hillcrest Hospital, Tulsa, Okla. at 2 p.m. Wednesday.

He was born at Mack's Creek, Mo., Nov. 18, 1901, son of the late Thomas W. and Della Griffith.

His boyhood and early life was spent in Pettis County. He had lived in Tulsa for the past thirty years.

Mr. Griffith was a veteran of World War II, serving four years, including time spent in the South Pacific Theater.

He is survived by one son, Robert W. Griffith, Jacksonville, Fla.; two daughters, Miss JoAnn Griffith, Anchorage, Alaska; Mrs. Dorothy Sue Pottroff, Ft. Worth, Tex.; four brothers, Othel Griffith, Smithton; Lorren Griffith, 641 East 11th; Murrell Griffith, 32nd and Grand; and Sterling Griffith, Route 1; two sisters, Mrs. Mamie Cramer, 1711 1/2 West Tenth; and Mrs. Olevia DeJarnett, 401 North Prospect.

The body will be brought to Ewing Funeral Home Thursday. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.

Obituary:

Orville G. Griffith, 63, died at Hillcrest Hospital, Tulsa, Okla. at 2 p.m. Wednesday.

He was born at Mack's Creek, Mo., Nov. 18, 1901, son of the late Thomas W. and Della Griffith.

His boyhood and early life was spent in Pettis County. He had lived in Tulsa for the past thirty years.

Mr. Griffith was a veteran of World War II, serving four years, including time spent in the South Pacific Theater.

He is survived by one son, Robert W. Griffith, Jacksonville, Fla.; two daughters, Miss JoAnn Griffith, Anchorage, Alaska; Mrs. Dorothy Sue Pottroff, Ft. Worth, Tex.; four brothers, Othel Griffith, Smithton; Lorren Griffith, 641 East 11th; Murrell Griffith, 32nd and Grand; and Sterling Griffith, Route 1; two sisters, Mrs. Mamie Cramer, 1711 1/2 West Tenth; and Mrs. Olevia DeJarnett, 401 North Prospect.

The body will be brought to Ewing Funeral Home Thursday. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.



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