Margaret Elizabeth Griffith

Published 3:12 pm Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Margaret Elizabeth Griffith passed away Monday, April 8, at Merit Health River Region Hospital in Vicksburg. She was 84.

She was born August 5, 1939, in Vicksburg to Robert Harold Alexander and Zella Ruth Dunn.

She retired from the Department of Transportation of the Vicksburg-Warren School District after 21 years of service.

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Before that, she worked for Westinghouse and was a dedicated and loving homemaker and mother.

She was preceded in death by her father, Robert Harold Alexander; mother, Zella Ruth Dunn; brother, Harold Dunn Alexander; husband, Bobby Ray Griffith; and son, Thomas Ray Griffith.

She is survived by her brother, Robert Clyde Alexander; sisters, Martha Ruth Alexander and Ida Ann Windham; and son, James Harold “Pete” Griffith.

Visitation will be held at Fisher-Riles Funeral Home, Thursday, April 11, from 9 a.m. until the hour of service at 11 a.m.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation,1907 Dunbarton Drive, Suite C, Jackson, MS 39216.