More detail on this person: Jimmy Durelle
Griffin, age 70 of 219 Turtle Creek Drive of
Batesville, MS, husband of June Yochim Griffin,
died Monday Morning 3/15/2010 at Baptist
Memorial Hospital of North Mississippi, Oxford,
MS.
Funeral Mass will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, March
18, 2010 at St. Mary Catholic Church with Father
Sam Messina officiating. Interment to follow at
Forrest Memorial Park with full Military Honors.
Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, March 17,
2010 at Wells Funeral Home with Rosary at 7:00
p.m. with 4th Degree Knights of Columbus as Honor
Guard.
Mr. Griffin was born in Tifton, GA to the late
James Oscar & Mildred Reese Griffin. He was a
member of St. Mary's Catholic Church and was a
retired U. S. Air Force Pilot having served as a
helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War.
He is survived by his wife, Margaret June Yochim
Griffin of Batesville, MS; daughters, Sheila
Griffin Brown of Batesville, MS; and Reese Griffin
Jenkins of Batesville, MS; son, James Damian
"Dane" Griffin of Las Vegas, NV; sister, Jeri Ann
Griffin Hanna of Shell Point, FL; 3 grandchildren,
Allie Ross Sergi, Jamie Elizabeth Brown and Keifer
Austin Jenkins; 2 great grandchildren, Bryan
Phillip Sergi III and Blake Preston Sergi.
Memorials may be made to the Building Fund, St.
Mary's Catholic Church, 120 Highway 35 North,
Batesville, MS 38606.
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