Tera Griffith

Published 6:00 am Thursday, March 1, 2007

Services for Tera Griffith, of Monticello, were 11 a.m. Monday,Feb. 26, at New Hope Baptist Church in Monticello with burial inthe church cemetery. Wilson Funeral Home in Monticello is in chargeof arrangements.

Mrs. Griffith, 86, died Feb. 24, 2007, at Lawrence CountyNursing Home. She was born in Mississippi on April 23, 1920, toElisha King and Maggie Ballard King.

She was retired from her job as a nurse’s aide at LawrenceCounty Hospital. She was a longtime, active member of New HopeBaptist Church.

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Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, MaxieGriffith; her son, Richard Griffith; and her granddaughter, SheilaSills.

Survivors are her sons, Ford Griffith and wife Elaine, andHarold Griffith and wife Lisa, all of Monticello; her daughter,Margaret Ann Smith and husband Len Ray, of Monticello; herbrothers, Dewey King, of Jayess, Arthur King, Elzen King and CarlKing, all of Monticello, and Clell King, of Brookhaven; hersisters, Ruth Smith and Lola Faye Lambert, of Monticello; her sevengrandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and onegreat-great-grandson.

Pallbearers are Christopher Smith, Hunter Griffith, SawyerGriffith, Earl Griffith, Joel Thames, Ricky Lambert and DustySmith.