She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother as well as an aunt to 40 nieces and nephews, with many of whom she maintained a close relationship.
She had a love of art and enjoyed sharing her talents with her grandchildren. The beauty of her paintings lives on in the homes of her children, granddaughters and nieces and nephews.
She is preceded in death by her husband, J. C. Griffin, Jr., her parents, Leonidas and Maude Moore, five brothers (John, Hardy, Bill, Ben, and Sam), five sisters (Lucy, Elizabeth, Maude, Marion, and Helen), and grandson, Jed Griffin.
She is survived by sons, Jake and his wife Penny of Cary and Robert and his wife Diana of Carrboro; four granddaughters, Pam and her husband Justin Karkow of Stallings, Emily and her husband Jeff Pyatt of Cary, Lindsay and her husband Ben Davis of Carrboro, and Erin and her husband Wells Tower of Carrboro; and great-grandchildren Jonah, Carson and Camden Karkow, Griffin Pyatt, Niko and Lena Davis, and Jed Tower.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, June 20, at Cotten Funeral Home in New Bern. The family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to the service.
Memorials may be made to the Free Will Baptist Children's Home (PO Box 249, Middlesex, NC 27557) or to the Bertha D. and JC Griffin Endowed Scholarship Fund at University of Mount Olive (634 Henderson Street, Mount Olive, NC 28365).
Cotten Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.
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