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- Velva M. Pierce Griffith
Velma Maxine "Betty" Pierce Griffith, 84, of Peoria, Ariz., died Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008.
Betty was born Jan. 29, 1924 in Rowan County, Ky., the second daughter of Lillia Jane Ward Perce and Cyrus Dewey Pierce. Most of Betty's childhood was spent in Highland County, Ohio where she attended Sugar Tree Ridge Elementary School and Whiteoak High School, graduating in 1941.
Betty and Ted (Roland Quentin Griffith) were married March 14, 1942. During the years they lived in Dayton, Betty supported the World War II victory effort by working at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
Betty is survived by her brother, William Pierce of Dayton; sisters, Marie Bundte of Pine Island, Fla. and Phyllis Wisecup of Cincinnati; her children, Deanna Jean Wallace of Seffner, Fla., Carol Wallace of Wickenburg, Ariz., Barbara Ferullo of Aurora, Colo. and Michael Griffith of Rock Hill, S.C.; 11 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren ; one great-great-granddaughter; and many nieces and nephews.
Betty was preceded in death by her husband, Ted; her sister, Alma Harvey; brothers, Dewey Jr., Darius and Joseph; and her granddaughter, Michelle Griffith.
Betty was not only a capable wife and mother, but also a talented musician, painter, seamstress and gardener.
Services will be held at the Hillsboro Bible Baptist Church at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 30. Interment will be at the Sugar Tree Ridge Cemetery alongside her husband.
Times-Gazette, Hillsboro, Ohio. Wednesday, 27 August 2008.
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