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Gladys Inez Holmes Griffin
Date of Death or Service Jun 8, 2018
Gladys Inez Holmes Griffin
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           Funeral services for Gladys Inez Holmes Griffin, formerly of Springville, TN will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, June 8, 2018 from the chapel of Taylor Funeral Home with Bro. Larry Dukes officiating.  The family will receive friends from 12 noon until service time.  She will be interred at 4 p.m. at the Point Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery in Buchanan, Tennessee.  Mrs. Griffin died Tuesday, June 5th at NHC, Dickson.

      Born in Sparkman, Arkansas, Gladys was the daughter of the late Otis and Meautie Wilburn Holmes.  She retired from the Head Start Program in Union City, (Obion County), Tennessee where she was a teacher and administrator.  Gladys was also a much-loved homemaker and long-time former member of First Baptist Church of Union City and later, of Point Pleasant Baptist Church.

      She is survived by her husband of more than 68 years, Douglas Griffin, Dickson, and formerly of Springville; her granddaughter, Jessica Roney (Mike), Dickson; her three grandchildren, Emily, Olivia, and Alex; her brothers, Homer Holmes and Bill Holmes, both of Malvern, AR, and Walter Holmes, Dallas, TX; her sisters, Dorthy Tankersley, Dallas, TX, Mary Gibbs and Judy Wallace, both of Benton, AR; several nieces and nephews.  She was preceded by her daughter, Patsy Akers; her son, Larry Griffin; and her siblings, Jim Holmes, Earnest Holmes, and Della Mae Draper. 

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