Johnny Griffie

THE OBITUARY FOR JOHNNY GRIFFIE OFFICIATING MINISTERS: REV. KEVIN NAPIER REV. TED COUCH JOHNNY GRIFFIE WAS BORN ON MAY 4, 1945, PASSED AWAY ON JANUARY 15, 2008 AT THE AGE OF 62 YEARS, 8 MONTHS & 11 DAYS. JOHNNY WAS BORN AT HYDEN, KENTUCKY THE SON OF MARTHA JONES GRIFFIE & THE LATE EARL GRIFFIE. HE HAD BEEN A RESIDENT OF GEORGIA FOR THE PAST 43 YEARS PREVIOUSLY LIVING IN LESLIE CO. BY OCCUPATION JOHNNY WAS A MASONRY SUPERINTENDENT WORKING IN CONSTRUCTION. HE WAS ALSO A VIETNAM VETERAN OF THE U.S. ARMY. JOHNNY WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH. HE ENJOYED HUNTING & FISHING. JOHNNY GRIFFIE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS FATHER: EARL GRIFFIE 1 SON: JEFFERY GRIFFIE 1 STEP-DAUGHTER: ALICIA FAIRCLOTH HE LEAVES THE FOLLOWING RELATIVES SURVIVING: HIS MOTHER: MARTHA GRIFFIE-----------HYDEN, KY. LIFE-COMPANION: PATRICIA 2 SONS: JOHNNY GRIFFIE, JR.& MICHELLE------MANCHESTER, KY. BILLY WAYNE GRIFFIE & NINA-----BIG CREEK, KY. 3 DAUGHTERS: PATRICIA ARNOLD & BRYANT------HAMPTON, GEORGIA CHRISTINE MCKINNEY & B.D.-----JONESBORO, GEORGIA JENNIFER GRIFFIE-------------LOCUST GROVE, GEORGIA 2 STEP-SONS: JOHN BUETER-------------JONESBORO, GEORGIA JASON BUETER--------JONESBORO, GEORGIA 1 BROTHER: LEN RICHARD GRIFFIE----BIG CREEK, KY. 7 SISTERS: CAROL COBB & LARRY-----MCDONUGH, GEORGIA PAT CHEEK & STEVE-----MCDONOUGH, GEORGIA CHRIS STEWART & RONNIE-----DALLAS, GEORGIA GAIL JACKSON & CLYDE----MANCHESTER, KY. MARY HILL -------VILLA RICA, GEORGIA DONNA GILBERT & GLEN---HYDEN, KY. ANNETTE JONES & KENNETH----BEARBRANCH, KY. 8 GRANDCHILDREN ALSO A HOST OF OTHER RELATIVES & FRIENDS SURVIVE. FUNERAL SERVICE FOR JOHNNY GRIFFIE WAS CONDUCTED BY THE DWAYNE WALKER FUNERAL HOME ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 2008 AT 11:00 A.M. AT THE DWAYNE WALKER FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL AT HYDEN, KY., WITH REV. KEVIN NAPIER & REV. TED COUCH OFFICIATING. BURIAL FOLLOWED IN THE JONES CEMETERY AT DRYHILL, KY. THE FOLLOWING SERVED AS PALLBEARERS: STEVE CHEEK, LARRY COBB, RONNIE STEWART, KENNETH JONES, GLENN GILBERT & SONNY DAVIDSON.