Lucille Griffith

Published 8:01 am Friday, April 29, 2016

By Holley Cochran

Funeral Services were held Saturday April 16, 2016 at Whitesand Baptist Church in Prentiss, MS for Mrs. Mary Lucille Griffith, age 85, who passed away on April 10, 2016 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in Magee. Saulters Moore Funeral Home in Prentiss was in charge of all arrangements
Rev. Charles Burnham officiated. Pallbearers were: The Deacons of Whitesand Baptist Church.
Mrs. Lucille was born July 23, 1930 in Covington County to Grover Kelly and Eva Hawsey Kelly. She worked at New Hebron Mfg. Company and A. B. Smith & Sons Grocery. She was known as a great cook and spent 24 years working and cooking for the County Fisherman in Prentiss. She was a member of Whitesand Baptist Church.
She is survived by her three sons, Tommy Griffith (Yvonne) of LaPlace, LA
Glynn Griffith (Tammy) of New Hebron, MS and Will Griffith of Prentiss, MS;
Five grandchildren, eight great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren;
Two sisters, Sarah Burnett of Brandon, MS and Betty Folse of Marrero, LA.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband O. C. Griffith; one son, Bobby Wayne; one grandson Shawn; one sister and one brother.
Online condolences and a guest registry are available at www.saultersmoorefuneralhome.com

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