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June Wynona Cooper Griffin

Charlottesville, Virginia

Jun 9, 1926 – May 28, 2021 (Age 94)

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BORN
June 9, 1926
DIED
May 28, 2021
AGE
94
LOCATION
Charlottesville, Virginia

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June Wynona Cooper GriffinJune 9, 1926 - May 8, 2021June Wynona Cooper Griffin passed on May 28, 2021. She was born on June 9, 1926 in Palestine, Texas to James Porter and Mollie Irene Cooper. June fell in love with her friend, William M. Griffin, Jr. while exchanging letters during World War II,...

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My heart aches to hear this news, my deepest sympathies to June's family. She was such a joy to work with.

We are so sorry. June and I had so much fun working together at UVA. Or, I guess I should say that she made it fun while we worked. In the whole building, only she mastered mail-merge, as I recall, and everyone came to get help. More importantly, only she knew so much about all the elected officials throughout the state; made us feel like we knew what we were doing in Governmental Relations. I still re-tell some of her stories. We had just been telling one of them a few days ago. ...

Dear Mellanie, Willie and Mandie, I am so sorry for your loss. She was a wonderful woman and neighbor and my mom's best friend. I remember that they exchanged Christmas gifts each year and passed the beautiful gift wrapper back and forth each year. sincerely, Patti McNamee