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Obituary For Garle Griffin

Garle J. Griffin

Garle Jefferson Griffin entered into eternal rest on April 26, 2019. Mrs. Griffin was the daughter of the late Matthew Charles Smith and Ada Josephine Gains Smith. She was the devoted wife of James Griffin.

Mrs. Griffin graduated from Carver High School, Class of 1964. She furthered her education at Benedict College graduating in 1968.

Garle was a faithful member of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church until her fading health. She served on the Senior Missionary, Senior Usher Board, Transportation Ministry, April Birthday Club, Wednesday Night Nursery Ministry, and the Helping Hands Sympathy Club.

Mrs. Griffin was a member of Rebecca #209 Order of the Eastern Star, Daughter of Isis and VFW Auxillary Post 9319.

She served diligently as a member of the Beta Mu Chapter of Gamma Phi Delta Sorority, Inc. for several years. Mrs. Griffin focused on Promoting cancer awareness and shared heart health projects, within the community and among her chapter sisters, during her physically strong years.

Left to cherish fond and loving memories are: her son, Willie Paul Jefferson, Jr. of Easley, SC; her stepdaughter, Paula Davis of Spartanburg, SC; her nephews, Michael Garrett, Rufus Garrett and Douglas Flournoy; her nieces, Alice Flournoy Tanner and April Flournoy both of Spartanburg, SC; her great nephews, Bishop Rashawn Flournoy and Devaris Wofford; her great nieces, Shaneka Flournoy, Porchia Flournoy and Chelsea Tanner; her sister-in-law, Ruth Smith of Bronx, NY; and her loving goddaughter, Kaylin Martin.

She was preceded in death by: her brother, Thomas Matthew Smith; and her sister, Gloria Flournoy.

A Celebration of the Life of Garle Jefferson Griffin will be held on Friday, May 3, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, 445 S. Church St., Spartanburg, SC. Rev. Dr. B. D. Snoddy will officiate. Burial will be in the Lincoln Memorial Gardens, 2310 Cannons Campground Rd., Spartanburg, SC.

Final Rites will be conducted by Rebecca #209 Order of the Eastern Star and Daughter of Isis on Thursday, May 2, 2019 from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at The John Stinson Woodward Memorial Chapel, 602 Howard St., Spartanburg, SC.

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She was such a beautiful caring soul inside and out and always willing to help others in spite of her declining health. I will miss her so much . RIP peace L Foster

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I want to offer my condolences to the Griffin family and friends. It is a painful thing to lose a love one in death. Even Jesus, when on earth, wept over the loss of a love one (John 11:33,35,38). Allow Our Heavenly Father to comfort you through the Scriptures__ 2 Corinthians 1: 3,4 “Praised be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of tender mercies and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our trials so that we may be able to comfort others in any sort of trial with the comfort that we receive from God” It is comforting to know that He calls death an enemy and promised to remove it forever__ “The last enemy, death, is to be brought to nothing” (1 Corinthians 15:26). He also promised to undo the effect of death by waking up all our love ones in the memorial tombs__ Isaiah 26:19 "Your dead will live...the earth will let those powerless in death come to life." I hope these words give all of you comfort.

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Dear Family, I'm so sorry to hear of the loss of your loved one. My sincere condolences to you. May you think of the many beautiful memories that you shared with Garle, and cherish those precious moments. May the God of all comfort caress your heart with his living promise to one day reunite you together again, in the future paradise mentioned at Revelation 21:4,5. Our Dear Heavenly Father Jehovah(Psalms 83:18) knows the many tears you cry, and He will sustain you , if you let him. I was thinking of you and hoping that you can find comfort during this difficult time. If later you would like to learn more from the bible about why we die or why does our loving Heavenly Father allow so much suffering and injustice. Please feel free to go to the website: www.jw.org to find satisfying answers.

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