Extracted from The Arkansas Democrat (Little Rock, AR)
Saturday, January 9, 1971

Mrs. Gertrude Griffin

ALVIN, Tex. -- Mrs. Gertrude M. Griffin, 73, of Alvin, Tex., formerly of DeQueen, died Wednesday.

Mrs. Griffin was a Baptist.

Surviving are a son, Paul D. Griffin of Texas; two daughters, Mrs. Juanita Wise and Mrs. Louise Peterson, both of Alaska; three brothers, Madison Barr of Texas and Beull and Autrey Barr, both of California; two sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Bell of Little Rock and Mrs. Phil Ray of Texas; eight grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

Funeral was today at Horatio First Baptist Church. Burial will be at Horatio Cemetery by Wilkerson Funeral Home.
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Source: http://www.genealogyshoppe.com/arsevier/obitG.htm

Griffin, Gertrude Minerva Barr

Gertrude Minerva Barr Griffin died January 6, 1971 in Alvin, Brazoria Co. Texas. Gertrude was born February 13, 1898 in Locksburg [sic Lockesburg], Sevier Co. Arkansas. She was married to the late Daudie Griffin June 10, 1917 in Sevier Co. Ar.

Mrs. Griffin is survived by her two daughters, Juanita and son-in-law Leo Wise, Louise and son-in-law Carl Peterson of Ancorage [sic Anchorage], Alaska, her son and daughter-in-law, Paul and Willa Dean Griffin of Alvin, Texas, and eight grand children.

Burial was in Horatio Cemetery beside her late husband.