Obituary of Donnie Evelyn Griffin

Services for Donnie Evelyn Griffin, 85, New London, are scheduled for 10:00 am, Saturday, January 9, at the Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home chapel, Overton, with Reverend Ken Hayman officiating. Burial will be in Rusk County Memorial Gardens, near Henderson. Mrs. Griffin died Wednesday, January 6, 2016, in Port Arthur. She was born July 5, 1930 in Kerens to the late Walter D. and Florence Inez Davis Crocker and married Elviron Drexston ‘Ed’ Griffin January 10, 1947. She moved to New London in 1974 from Anahuac and was a homemaker. She also worked at several jobs during her younger years. Mrs. Griffin was a loving mother, grandmother and loved the Lord and enjoyed witnessing to her family. Her whole life was devoted to her family and friends and loved to care for them. She enjoyed cooking for the bereaved and sick. She was a longtime member of the London Baptist Church and was active in the WMU’s and her Sunday School Class. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 64 years, Ed Griffin on March 17, 2011, a son Michael Kevin Griffin on May 7, 2011, and three brothers, Leroy Crocker, Milton Crocker, and Dan Crocker. Survivors include two sons and three daughters-in-law, Mark and Rachel Griffin, Port Neches and Garren and Mary Ann Griffin, Austin and Kum’An Griffin, Houston; a daughter and son-in-law, Gale and Allen Stanton, Garland; nine grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Stephen Stanton, Austin Stanton, George McClure, Elisha Jones, David Cooper and Kelly Johnson. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm, Friday, January 8.