
                         THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
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DATE: THURSDAY, June 9, 1994                    TAG: 9406090406 
SECTION: LOCAL                     PAGE: D2    EDITION: FINAL  
SOURCE: NORFOLK 
DATELINE: 940609                                 LENGTH: Short

VERDIE G. GRIFFIN

{LEAD} Verdie Gertrude Griffin, 87, formerly of the 200 block of Harvard St., died June 7, 1994, in Norfolk.

Mrs. Griffin was born in Copperhill, Tenn. She was the widow of Doyt G. Griffin.

{REST} Survivors include three daughters, Jewel Chatten of Norfolk, Mary Frances Tutor of Virginia Beach and Beatrice Lazenby of Shelby, N.C.; six sons, Douglas Griffin and Stephen Griffin, both of Norfolk, and David Griffin and Joe Griffin, both of Florida, and Gene Griffin and Harold Griffin, both of North Carolina; a sister, Mae Graham of North Carolina; two brothers, Benton White and Hobert White, both of North Carolina; 19 grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren.

The graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday in Magnolia Cemetery by the Rev. James J. Kilpatrick. The family will be at Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Indian River Chapel, Thursday from 7 to 8p.m.

{KEYWORDS} DEATH OBITUARY

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