Julia Brunette Prestridge Griffin

Julia Griffin was born on Tuesday, April 3, 1928, in New Baden, Texas to Phillip David Brunette and Hattie S. Dodds Brunette. Growing up in Robertson County Texas, she was the youngest of eight children. She graduated early from Franklin High School in 1944.

Julia married Robert Earl Prestridge (Bob) in 1944 in Hearne, Texas where they were blessed with four children: Robert Earl Prestridge Jr., Pamela Kay Browne, Philip Anderson Prestridge and Teresa Lynn Boudreau. In 1960, the family moved to the DFW Metroplex where Julia enjoyed being a wife, mother, and homemaker. She and Bob were married for 22 years until his untimely death in October 1966.

As a widowed mom of 4, Julia began working as a kindergarten teacher at Humpty Dumpty Day School, where she met and fell in love with the school’s owner, James Arlie Griffin Jr. They were married on June 20,1969. James had four grown daughters: Linda Gray, Barbara Ruthart, Pat Stampes, and

Martha Carter, as well as several grandchildren. This union resulted in a large, wonderfully, blended family which quickly revealed Julia’s mastery of large family gatherings. Holiday gatherings were always huge, but the most famous gathering was for Julia’s “Nana-Slam Breakfast” held every Saturday morning for more than twenty years.

In addition to loving her family, Julia loved to dance, travel, and play 84 with their close-knit group of friends. She loved to talk to people and she loved to know their stories. She was quick with a smile and an “I love you”. Also, Julia regularly attended Hillcrest Church of Christ in Arlington, Texas for over 50 years.

Julia is preceded in death by her parents Phillip David Brunette and Hattie S. Dodds Brunette. Her siblings Edna Reichert, Nita McLeroy, Viola Berkhalter, Frank Brunette, Robert Brunette, Leon Brunette, and Phillip David Brunette Jr. and her husbands, Robert Earl Prestridge and James Arlie Griffin Jr. as well as her eldest son, Robert Earl Prestridge Jr. and grand-daughter Samantha Prestridge.

Julia is survived by her children and their spouses Pamela and Bruce Browne, Philip and Laura Prestridge, Teresa Boudreau, Linda and Morton Gray, Barbara Ruthart, Pat Stampes, and Martha and Charles Carter. She is also survived by, sixteen grandchildren and their spouses, twenty-eight great-grandchildren, and four great-greatgrandchildren.

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