Nora Lee Elrod Griffith

Southern Standard, June 3, 1998

Nora Lee Elrod Griffith, 92

  McMinville resident and Warren County native Noral Lee Elrod Griffith, 92, died June 2 at River Park Hospital after a short illness.

  A homemaker and a member of Bybee Branch Church of Christ, she was the daughter of John (Gum) Montgomery and Lizzie Love Burkett Elrod and was proceeded in death by her husband, Johnnie Hobert Griffith, in 1987; two sisters, Lila Mae Wood and Mattie Womack; and four brothers, Jesse, Locey, Loyd and David Elrod, Sr.

  She is survived by one daughter; Julia G. Carter of McMinnville; two sons, Donald R. and Morris D. Griffith both of McMinnville; eight grandchildren, David, Scott, Heath and Michael Griffith, all of McMinnville; Randy Wood of Washington D.C., Julie Wood, Michael Manning and Carla Wood, all of McMinnville; two great-grandchildren, Katrina Allen and Callie Griffith, both of McMinnville; one sister, Dorothy Elrod Foster of McMinnville; and one brother, Edward S. Elrod, of New Castle, Del.

  Services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at High’s Chapel with Tony Lawrence officiating.  Burial will follow at Mt. View Cemetery.  Visitation wil be held from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. today and 8 a.m. until time of service Thursday at High’s.

  High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn) June 3, 1998