Gordon Griffiths

Return to Class of 1918

Gordon Griffiths01/07/1956
Name: Gordon G. Griffiths
Birth: 5 Feb 1899

Spouse: Hester A McCue
Marriage: 22 Sep 1927 – Fort Totten, Benson, North Dakota

Services for Gordon G. Griffiths, who died in Mississippi at the Greenwood Leflore Hospital, Saturday night, January 7, 1956 were held this morning at 11 o’clock at Williams and Lord chapel with the Rev. E.M. Sharp officiating. Burial was made in the Philadelphia cemetery.

Mr. Griffiths who was 66, was born at Jefferson, Iowa.
He graduated from Knoxville, Iowa high School in 1918 and on September 22, 1927 was united in marriage to Hester A. McCue.

He served 33 years in the U.S. Indian Service and recently was a night clerk at the Holiday Inn. He was a member of the Methodist Church and a Mason.

He leaves his wife, Mrs. Hester Griffiths, a stepson. Donald E. Soper of Tupelo and a daughter, Mrs. Madelaine Ainsworth of Greenwood; a brother, Samuel Griffiths of Jefferson, Iowa, and a sister, Miss Marguerite Griffiths, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 6 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild.