Randolph Page Griffin

Randolph Page Griffin died on January 27, 2016 due to complications from a recently diagnosed brain tumor. He was a lifelong resident of Atlanta where he was born on February 9, 1929 in the original Piedmont Hospital. He was preceded in death by his parents George C. and Genie J. Griffin of Atlanta and brother, Clayton. Page was an original Buckhead Boy having attended Spring Street Elementary and North Fulton High School. Also in his youth, he was a member of All Saints Episcopal Church and an Acolyte at St. Phillip's Cathedral. Following in the footsteps of his father, Mr. Georgia Tech, Page entered the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1946 as the second of three generations to attend and graduated in 1950 with a degree in Textile Engineering. While at Tech he was a member of Naval ROTC and Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity where he successfully ran interference between his father, then Dean of Students at Tech, and his brothers keeping them out of trouble on more than one occasion. He also was a letterman on the track team and SEC Championship Swim Teams from 1948-1950. Following graduation from Tech in 1950, he served as an officer in the United States Navy during the Korean War as a navigator on the destroyer USS Toledo. After serving his term of duty, he returned to Atlanta where he met his wife of 60 years, the former Peggy Neill of Albany. He accepted a brief stint with Callaway Mills in LaGrange, GA before returning to Atlanta and beginning a long and successful career in the Investments arena with Wyatt, Neal, and Waggoner. He later became Manager of Paine Webber's branch office in Atlanta then joined Kidder Peabody as Vice President of its Municipal Bonds Division. He ended his career at Robinson-Humphrey finally retiring in 2005. Page was an avid golfer and member of the Piedmont Driving Club, Cherokee Town & Country Club and a founding member of the Atlanta Country Club. He was also an active member of the Society of Colonial Wars and very proud of his family's historical heritage. Following retirement, one of Page's favorite activities was spending time at his generational family home in Clarkesville, GA where he enjoyed sitting on the back porch admiring the views and retelling fond memories of his always active family and husdays at Tech and the Navy. A wonderful father and grandfather, Page was one of the most honest, self-effacing men one could ever know, a 'True Gentleman". He was a lifelong member of Saint Luke's Church in Atlanta, serving on the Vestry for several terms and he was instrumental in starting the St. Luke's Training and Counseling Center (TACC) which is still today one of the Church's many outreach programs serving the Atlanta downtown community. Page is survived by his wife of 60 years, Peggy, and their three children, Page, Jr., Neill Griffin Sites and Son-In-Law Chip, and George and Daughter-In-Law Carroll and two grandchildren Tucker and Dean as well as several nieces and nephews. A funeral service will be held on Monday, February 1 at 11 o'clock in the morning at Saint Luke's Episcopal Church officiated by the Rev. Dan Matthews, Jr., immediately followed by a private burial at Arlington Memorial Cemetery. The family wishes to thank his faithful caregivers Ida Stewart, Lydia Karanja, Judy Wanjiru and Ebony Mathews. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations to be made to the George C. Griffin Scholarship Fund C/O Georgia Tech Foundation, 760 Spring Street, Atlanta, GA 30308.