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*Upon Miss Griffith’s death in 1971
she was brought to Bay City and interred next to Roy Jr. **His father had made a contractual agreement with a Miss Ethel Jean Clark on May 21, 1940 to acquire a large tract of land at Cedar Lane, thus establishing the beginning of the Griffith’s residency in Matagorda County
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Double funeral service was held here Sunday for Mr. Henry Estill who died suddenly at his home at Cedar Lane, Friday morning and for Mr. Estill’s son-in-law, Lt. Raymond M. Griffith who died Thursday evening at Amarillo. The services were held from the Methodist Church at 2:30 with Reverend Harry Rankin of the Methodist Church and Reverend James Draper of the Baptist Church, officiating. Music was furnished by the combined choirs of the Methodist and Baptist Churches. Matchett-Newman Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. Active pallbearers at Mr. Estill’s grave were Messrs. W. F. Tetts, Guy Myrick, Ira Clements, Joe Wolffarth, Tom Matthews, Eaton Grissom. At the grave of Lt. Raymond Griffith, Richard Grissom, John Stephens, Jim Frank Johnson, Steve Matthews, Arden Shira and Capt. D. H. Snell, were pallbearers.
Honorary pallbearers were: Lewis Matchett, Layton Moore, Grover Moore, W. W. Wilkinson,
J. C. Sisk, E. O. Taulbee, Jack Hinton, R. O. Kiser, W. R. Gordon,
Tom Hale, L. B. Luder, Jack Irwin, P. R. Hamill, Morris Richardson,
Carey Smith, Wm. Cash, Harris Milner, Fred Mielsch, J. D. Tabb,
Chas. Dickey, Arthur Norris, E. J. Werlla, J. B. Eastman, Lonnie
Glaze, Pete Longwood, Henry Freeman, L. R. Eastman, Jesse Clements,
B. C. Morris, Bill Klahn, A. B. Brown, Geo. Weathers, Ernest
Freeman, B. F. Stevens, Clarence Allen, Sam Walker, C. R. Walker, M.
T. Walker, W. G. Jones, Archie Holmes, D. V. Collins, E. B. Dacke,
H. W. Bowie, J. B. Roberts, Dr. B. L. Livengood, C. M. Amos, F. S.
Taylor, Guy Davis, Louis Wade, Jack Matthews, Jim Hamilton, Walker
Hamilton, E. E. Rising, C. G. Potter, Fred Mielsch, J. W. Ingram, C.
A. Erickson, W. R. Horn, John Stephens. |
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Lt. Griffith, who died of infantile paralysis on December 28th, at Amarillo Army Airfield, was the son of Mr. Roy M. Griffith, Sr., a stockman of Cedar Lane community. He is survived by his wife, and a sister, Mrs. Arden L. Shira, of Houston.
Lt. Griffith received his academic education in Indiana Public
Schools and the University of Houston. For a number of years he made
his home with Miss Fay Griffith, an aunt, of Terre Haute, Indiana,
coming to Texas several years ago to work in the cattle business
with his father. He was married in 1942 to the former Miss Verna Lee
Estill, of Cedar Lane.
Lt. Griffith entered the air force in 1942, and became a
flying instructor, and was engaged in this work at the time of his
death, although he had been transferred to the Amarillo field but a
few days before his death for B-29 training, expecting thereby to
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Resident of County, Dies
Mr. Roy M. Griffith, resident of Matagorda County and Bay City for over fifty years, died this morning at 4:30 at the Matagorda General Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Griffith had lived in Cedar Lane area for years until just a couple of years ago when they moved to Bay City and built their beautiful home at 2003 Marguerite.
He had been a railroad man and a rancher and a farmer. He was a member of the First Methodist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Roy Griffith; one daughter, Aredn Shira of Houston; one sister, Miss Fay Griffith and one brother, C. E. Griffith, both of Terre Haute, Indiana.
Funeral arrangements are pending.
The Daily Tribune, Thursday, October 18, 1956
Mr. Griffith Services To Be 10 A.M. Saturday
Funeral services for Roy M. Griffith, long time Matagorda County resident who died Thursday morning, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the First Methodist Church with Rev. Garnet House to officiate. Interment will be at Cedarvale Cemetery.
Mr. Griffith, a resident of Cedar Lane for many years had lived in the county about 50 years, had moved to Bay City about two years ago. He had been a railroad man and a rancher and farmer. He was a member of the First Methodist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Roy Griffith, one daughter, Aredn Shira of Houston; one sister, Miss Fay Griffith and one brother, C. E. Griffith, both of Terre Haute, Indiana.
Active pallbearers will be Morris Wyse, J. R. Carson, John Stevens, Morris Richardson, Billy Moore, P. T. Brown
Honorary pallbearers will be P.R. Hamill, L. B. Luder, Roland Rugeley, Henry Rugeley, Layton Moore, Earnest Reiman, Jim Sisk, Frank Hurley, Sr., Frank Hurley, Jr., Albert E. Smith, Ira Clement, Hubert Bowie, Syd Bowman, Joe Wolffarth, Bill O’Neal, E. L. McDonald, Jim Lewis, Dr. Charles Shoultz, Dr. B.E. Simons, Raleigh Sanborn, George Serrill, W.F. Tetts, F. W. Daehne, J. B. Eastman, Tom Matthews, Jack Matthews, Eaton Grisham, Robert L. Sisk, A.H. Wadsworth, S. O. Eidman and Gene Luna.
The Daily Tribune, Friday, October 19, 1956
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Schools and the University of Houston. He then moved to
Matagorda County c.1940/41** to work with his father in the cattle
business. He joined the U.S. Army Air Forces on October 8, 1942,
and on November 21, 1942 he married Miss Verna Lee Estill [September
5, 1925 – December 21, 1995] of Cedar Lane. After receiving his
pilot’s wings he became a flight instructor, and had transferred to
the Amarillo Army Air Field (today Rick Husband Amarillo
International Airport) for B-29 training prior to being sent
overseas to the war zone. He had been there only a short while when
he developed polio, and died on December 28, 1944. At the time of
Roy’s death Verna was with child, and on March 1, 1945 she
celebrated the birth of their son, Roy Morrett Griffith III, who was
killed in a tragic accident on July 1, 1991. On November 16, 1946
Verna remarried to Jo A. Wyse [March 14, 1921 – February 8, 2004],
and they set up their home in Cedar Lane. At the time of Roy Jr.’s
death he was survived by his wife Verna; his father Roy Sr.; his
sister Mrs. Catherine Ann Shira; and aunt, Miss Fay E. Griffith. He was brought home and interred
at Cedarvale Cemetery Bay City, Texas on December 30, 1944.
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