Linda Griffin

Linda Holt Griffin WAKEFIELD - Linda Holt Griffin, 95, passed away Monday, Dec. 27, 2010. She loved going to Nags Head where she enjoyed surf fishing. Mrs. Griffin was a member of Wakefield United Methodist Church. She was a cafeteria worker at Wakefield High School, an employee at the Tasty Treat and later retired from Wakefield Pharmacy. Mrs. Griffin was preceded in death by her parents, John Andrew Holt Sr. and Clara Adcock Holt; husband, Hubert Jesse "Curley" Griffin; son, David W. "Red" Griffin; grandson, Michael Griffin; brothers, Jimmy Holt, Rickon Holt, M.M. Holt, and Conrad Holt and her sisters, Mildred Scott, Eleanor Goodrich and Mary Lou Miller. Mrs. Holt is survived by her daughters, Jessie G. Turner and husband G.W. and Barbara G. Wade and husband Eddie, both of Franklin; daughter-in-law, Becky Griffin; grandchildren, George Turner III, Susan Joyner, Kim Marks, and Jennifer Warthan; great-grandchildren, Calli Joyner, Nathan Turner, Annabelle Turner, Jordan Marks, Mariah Marks, Shelby Pike, Maggie Pike, Avery Ruth Warthan and M.K. Warthan and a brother Earl Holt. A funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 30, at the Purviance Chapel of J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home in Wakefield, with the Rev. Jim Hyatt officiating. Burial will follow in Wakefield Cemetery. All in attendance are invited to a reception at Wakefield United Methodist Church after the service for a time of fellowship and remembrance. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Wakefield UMC, kitchen committee, P.O. Box 87, Wakefield, VA 23888. Condolences may be registered at www.jtmorriss.com.