Jimmie Griffith

James (Jimmie) Guy Griffith, 79, of rural Louisiana passed away on Tuesday, November 29, 2011, at Pike County Memorial Hospital. Visitation will be from 5 pm to 8 pm on Thursday, December 1, 2011, at Collier Funeral Home. Services will be held at Calumet Presbyterian Church at 11 o’clock on Friday, December 2, 2011, with burial to follow at Jordan-Buffalo Cemetery. Lunch will be provided at Calumet Presbyterian Church. Jimmie Guy Griffith was born on June 7, 1932, in Pike County to Ira William Griffith and Virginia Elizabeth Page Griffith. Griffith was a life long resident of Pike County, Missouri. He attended elementary school at Calumet School House and graduated from Louisiana High School in 1950. He served in the United States Army from 1952 to 1954. On August 12, 1956, he married Irene Ruth Graue, and she survives. Griffith was a hard working, life-long farmer, who appreciated the love of family and friends, and the bounty offered by the farm. He was active in community affairs having served on BONCL School Board, Jordan-Buffalo Cemetery Board, MFA Advisory Board, and Pike Pioneers Senior Center Board, and volunteered at the local Food Pantry. He was a life long member of Calumet Presbyterian Church, where he had served as elder, trustee and Sunday school teacher. He enjoyed time with his family and friends, gardening, watching Cardinals baseball and University of Missouri Tiger sports, playing pinochle, and reunions with his friends from the military. He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, William Ira Griffith, Jr., and William Edward Griffith, Sr. He is survived by his wife, Irene Griffith; two sons, Brian (Luann) Griffith of Columbia, Missouri, and Bruce Griffith of Louisiana; granddaughter, Anna Griffith of Columbia; and grandson, Eric Bowzer (Angi) of Columbia, and great granddaughters Clorissa and Ella Bowzer. Other survivors include nephews Robert Stephen Griffith of Blue Springs, Missouri, and William Edward Griffith, Jr. of Bowling Green, Missouri, and sister-in-law Mary Ellen Griffith of Louisiana, Missouri. Memorial contributions may be made to Calumet Presbyterian Church, Pike Pioneers Senior Center, Jordan-Buffalo Cemetery, or Pike County Home Care & Hospice Foundation.

Jimmie Griffith

June 7, 1932 - November 29, 2011