Gleaned from their obituaries:
CHARLES FRANKLIN GRIFFIN “passed away peacefully” (me: have you ever seen an obit which said the deceased died in a rage, screaming obscenities at his wife and children?) at the Cypress in Charlotte on May 12, 2014. He was born in Unionville, NC in 1926 to N. Charles and Mary M. Griffin. He was predeceased by his brothers Joseph M. Griffin and Elbert C. Griffin, sister Kathryn Griffin Hall, and son-in-law Arthur P. Rice. He graduated from UNC in 1947 with a BS (me: I think that stands for Bachelor of Science, not what some of you yokels are thinking) in Commerce (me: now Business, I’m thinking). After his sophomore year, he enlisted in the Navy (me: wonder if he could swim?) and spent most of his two year Naval career in the Philadelphia Naval Hospital due to a severe hearing impairment (me: without his hearing aids, Frank was almost deaf). He graduated from Duke Law School in 1950 and spent the next year at the Duke Legal Aid Clinic (doesn’t sound like the Frank I knew) before returning to Monroe where he practiced law for over 50 years. He is survived by his wife Betsy, daughters, Pamela and Tina and four grandchildren, Sally and Griffin Boiter and Andrew and Caroline Rice.
JAMES EDWARDS GRIFFIN, 85, “passed away” (me: peacefully or fighting against the dying of the light? Remind me to tell you about what Jim told me his father said about dying) in the Hospice House in Monroe on January 3, 2014. He was born in Union County in 1928 to William Doss Griffin, Sr. and Mary Ethel Edwards Griffin (me: remind me to tell you what Jim told me about his mother’s notions about visiting relatives). He served in the Merchant Marines during WWII and “was also well known as an Attorney At Law serving this area for several decades.” He is survived by his wife Joan, three sons, Bart Griffin and Scott and Andy Webb, two daughters, Elizabeth Griffin and Amee Webb; 8 grandchildren, Tyler Griffin, Blair Griffin, Jason Cruz, Scott Foltz, Daniel Foltz, Nina Webb and Nate Brewer. He was preceded in death by grandson Jacob Webb.
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