Marcus Griffin Jr.

ADA — Services for Marcus R. Griffin Jr., 83, Ada, are 11 a.m. Tuesday at First Christian Church. The Rev. Vicki Crooks will officiate. A committal service at Rosedale Cemetery will precede services at the church.Mr. Griffin died Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008, at a local hospital. He was born April 16, 1925, at Battiest, Okla. to Marcus R. and Serena Mae Blackwell Griffin.He graduated from Savanna High School in 1943 and received a bachelor of science degree in commerce from Oklahoma A and M. On Jan. 23, 1953, he received certificate number 852 from the Oklahoma State Board of Accountancy as a Certified Public Accountant. He was a practicing certified public accountant in Ada since 1952 and was a partner in Griffin and Haney CPA’s, Inc.He married Martha Rice on May 1, 1954.Mr. Griffin was a longtime active member of the First Christian Church where he served as a deacon. He was a member of the Kiwanis Club of Ada, a member of the Ada Lodge 119 A.F. and A.M, member of York and Scottish Rites, and a board member of the Science and Natural Resources Foundation, where he had served as treasurer. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II from July 14, 1943 to March 27, 1946.Survivors include his wife, Martha Griffin, of the home; a daughter, Marsha Lea Hardcastle and husband Richard, St. Louis, Mo.; and two granddaughters, Lauren and Haley Hardcastle.He was preceded in death by a daughter, Whitney Jane Griffin on Jan. 23, 1989, his parents, and a brother, Gene Griffin.The family says those who wish may make memorials to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation for Muscular Sclerosis, 825 NE 13th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73104-5097; or the First Christian Church Food Bank, 101 E. 13th, Ada, OK 74820.Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.adaeveningnews.com.Criswell Funeral Home, Ada