IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Florence L.

Florence L. Griggs Profile Photo

Griggs

Jul 16, 1928 — Dec 14, 2014

Obituary

Florence L. Griggs, 86 of Elkhart, died Sunday December 14, 2014 at home. The Limestone County AL native was born July 16, 1928 to Ernest Columbus & Lena Augusta (Knasel) McCormack, both of whom have preceded her in death. Florence was a pastor''s wife, and served as member of the First General Baptist Ladies'' Missionary Society; Head cook at Camp Michiana of the General Baptist Association; member of the Children''s Evangelism Club and taught VBS & Sunday School. Florence was a member of Riverview General Baptist Church, enjoyed reading & cooking, and was a wonderful mother, grandmother and friend to everyone. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded by husband, Benton Griggs; brothers, George, David & Robert McCormack and sister, Katherine Griggs. Florence is survived by her daughters, Barb (Ken) McCarty and Martha (Jeff) Trigg, both of Elkhart; brother, Charles (Dorothy Jean) McCormack of Pulaski TN; sisters, Dorothy Robison of Elkhart and Velma Campbell of Charleston WV; her grandchildren, Regina (Andy) Yoder of Goshen, Angela (Travis) Dumas of Fishers, Autumn Attkisson of Bristol, Amber (Aracella) Ocegueda of Goshen and Melissa (Jeff) Inman, Kenneth Joseph (Christine) Attkisson, Johnathon (Christina) Attkisson, Christina McCarty, Alexis Wilkins & Alena Wilkins, all of Elkhart; 47 great-grandchildren; 4 great-great-grandchildren with another on the way''. Funeral Services 2:00 Thursday December 18, 2014 in Chapel Hill Funeral Home, 10776 McKinley Hwy. where friends may call one hour prior to services. Calling also 4-8pm Wednesday in the funeral home. Burial in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. The family''s preferred memorial is Riverview General Baptist Church, 1201 East Indiana Avenue, Elkhart, IN 46516. To sign the online guestbook or to offer condolences to the family, please visit www.chapelhillmemorial.com.
To send flowers or plant a memorial tree in memory, please visit our flower store.

Funeral Services

Visitation

December
17

Wednesday

4:00 - 8:00 pm

Service

December
18

Thursday

Starts at 2:00 pm

Guestbook

Visits: 0

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the
Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors