In Memory Of
Chancey Van Griffin
1938
2015
Chancey Van Griffin
February 4, 1938 — June 2, 2015
Chancey Van Griffin, 77 of Charlestown, IN passed away on Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at Clark Rehabilitation Nursing Center in Clarksville, IN.
Mr. Griffin was born on February 4, 1938 in Butlerville, IN the son of William and Dorothy Walters Griffin. He was retired after 41 years of service from the Maintenance Department at Brinly-Hardy Company in Jeffersonville, IN. Chancey was a member of Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church in Charlestown a shade tree mechanic, woodworker, loved riding his motorcycles and was a 1957 graduate of Charlestown High School.
Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Arretta Ashby Griffin; daughters, Janie Shain(David) and Jan Carter(Bobby) both of Charlestown; sister, Anna Givan of Paris, IL; grandchild, Farrah Bower(Bob); step-grandchildren Greg and Thomas Cunningham; great-grandchildren, Thomas Cunningham, Jr. and Kaeliegh Denham; several other family members and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Raymond Lee Griffin.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 11:00 A.M. at the Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church in Charlestown with burial in Charlestown Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Wednesday from 2:00 to 8:00 P.M. at the Grayson Funeral Home in Charlestown and after 10:00 A.M. Thursday at the church. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of donations in memory of Mr. Griffin to the Parkinson Disease Association.
Mr. Griffin was born on February 4, 1938 in Butlerville, IN the son of William and Dorothy Walters Griffin. He was retired after 41 years of service from the Maintenance Department at Brinly-Hardy Company in Jeffersonville, IN. Chancey was a member of Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church in Charlestown a shade tree mechanic, woodworker, loved riding his motorcycles and was a 1957 graduate of Charlestown High School.
Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Arretta Ashby Griffin; daughters, Janie Shain(David) and Jan Carter(Bobby) both of Charlestown; sister, Anna Givan of Paris, IL; grandchild, Farrah Bower(Bob); step-grandchildren Greg and Thomas Cunningham; great-grandchildren, Thomas Cunningham, Jr. and Kaeliegh Denham; several other family members and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Raymond Lee Griffin.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 11:00 A.M. at the Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church in Charlestown with burial in Charlestown Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Wednesday from 2:00 to 8:00 P.M. at the Grayson Funeral Home in Charlestown and after 10:00 A.M. Thursday at the church. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of donations in memory of Mr. Griffin to the Parkinson Disease Association.
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