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Oston S. Griffin

22 Feb 1884 – 25 Dec 1958

Birth	22 Feb 1884
Death	25 Dec 1958
Cemetery	Rylie Cemetery Rylie , Dallas County , Texas , USA
Added by	Ed Kosary on 21 Dec 2009
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36644105

Bio

Obit: O.S. Griffin Rites Friday O.S. Griffin, a former resident of Kaufman County, passed away in Kaufman early Thursday morning - Christmas Day. He was moved to the Anderson-Clayton Funeral Home in Terrell and later, to his home at Rylie to repose until the funeral hour. Services were held from the First Baptist Church in Rylie at 2:30 p.m. Friday with the Rev. D.B. Russell officiating. Oston S. Griffin, a native of Mississippi, was born on February 22, 1884. He came to Texas and to Kaufman County as a young man and lived at Kemp and Mabank before moving to Rosser in 1917. He was engaged in farming at Rosser for many years and in 1950 moved to Rylie in Dallas County, where he worked as a painter. Mr. Griffin was a member of the First Baptist Church of Rylie. He and Miss Allie Ann Orman were married on July 28, 1904. Seven children were born to the couple, two of whom preceded their father in death. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Allie Ann Griffin of Rylie; four sons, D.E. Griffin of Moultree, Georgia, Vernon Griffin of Rosser, Raymond J. Griffin of Fort Worth, and Jack W. Griffin of Dallas; one daughter, Mrs. Odus Campbell of Dallas; nine grandchildren; eleven great grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Kate Shelton of Kemp, and other relatives." From The Kaufman Herald, Jan. 1, 1959, p.7, microfilm copy in the Kaufman County Library.

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Family

Parents

• Thomas Asbury Griffin 1836–1890 FaG
• Sarah Tabitha "Bitha" Ellison Griffin 1853–1910 FaG

Spouse

• Allie Ann Orman Griffin 1889–1971

Siblings

• Thomas Henry Griffin 1866–1948 FaG
• Nancy Bell "Nannie" Griffin Easterly 1868–1953 FaG
• William Dowell Griffin 1872–1941 FaG
• Mary Florence Griffin Mooneyham 1874–1950 FaG
• George Holland Griffin 1876–1931 FaG
• Edward Sterlin Griffin 1879–1927 FaG
• Kate Griffin Shelton 1882–1961 FaG

Children

• Floy Mae Griffin Jones 1905–1937
• Dewel Elmer Griffin 1908–1962
• Vernon Lee Griffin 1910–1970
• Raymond James "Ray" Griffin 1914–1999
• Mary Louise Griffin Campbell 1920–2010
• Joe Edward Griffin 1923–1923
• Jack Weldon Griffin 1926–2006

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