Joseph Augustus Griffin Jr.

Graveside services for Joseph Augustus Griffin Jr., 75, of Barksdale Drive, Washington, were held Sunday, June 3, 2007, at the Phillips Mill Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Albert W. Huyck Jr. officiating. He died Friday morning, June 1, at the University Hospital, Augusta.

Mr. Griffin was a native and lifelong resident of Wilkes County. He was the son of the late Joseph A. Griffin and Gladys Hackney Griffin and was a member of the First Baptist Church, Washington, and the Cattlemen's Association. He had retired as owner/manager of Wilkes Loan and Insurance Co. of Washington. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Farmers and Merchants Bank in Washington, and a member of the Wills Memorial Hospital Authority. He was a member of the Lions Club.

Survivors include his wife, Bobbie Ann Griffin of Washington; three daughters and their husbands, Rhonda and Johnny Newberry, Joanna and Wade Waller, and Dawn and Steven Pickens, all of Washington; three grandchildren, Grif Newberry, Wesley Waller, and Jacob Waller; and two sisters, Eva Burdette of Washington and Bettye Duke of Louisville, Ky.

Pallbearers included Bill Burdette, Ed Burdette III, Bill Bufford, Jason Dyson, Sam Moore, and Larry Nobles. Honorary pallbearers were members of the Farmers and Merchants Bank Board of Directors, members of the Hospital Authority, and Herbert Hopkins.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Washington First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 603, Washington; Wills Memorial Hospital, P.O. Box 309, Washington; or Phillips Mill Baptist Church, Washington.

Hopkins Funeral Home of Washington was in charge of arrangements.

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