
Rocktown History Obituary Report For
Griffith Dwight Thomas
Spouse:
Carolyn Darlene Price
Parents:
Gilbert Thomas Griffith &
Doris Phillips
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Dwight Thomas Griffith, 75, of Luray, passed away on Sunday, October 16, 2022.
He was born on June 24, 1947, in Luray and was a son of the late Gilbert Thomas Griffith and Doris Phillips
Griffith.
Dwight worked as an equipment operator for Shenandoah National Park for 18 years and as a delivery truck driver
for E.N. Hershberger for 26 years. He was a veteran of the United States Army, and a member of the Morning Star
Lutheran Church and the VFW Comer-Jones Post 621.
On October 25, 1965, he married Carolyn Darlene Price Griffith, who survives.
Surviving in addition to his wife are two sons James A. Griffith and companion Dawn Knight, and Jason Griffith and
wife Carol, all of Luray; a sister, Pamela Miller and husband Wayne of Luray; 10 grandchildren, James Alan Griffith
II, Karalynn Nicole Griffith, Jason Page Griffith, Tara Elizabeth Eavey, Jacob Tazwell Griffith, Dwight Douglas
Griffith, Chance Ryan Griffith, Michael Christian Kling, Melissa Dawn Mitchell and Nathan Maverick Kling; and five
great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a son, Dwight W. Griffith; a brother, Gerald Griffith; and two
grandchildren, Morgan Denise Griffith and Marissa Danielle Griffith.
A private service will be conducted on Wednesday, October 19, at the Morning Star Lutheran Church by the Rev.
Jeffrey D. Marble. Burial will be in the Morning Star Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday, October 18, at the Bradley Funeral Home.
Serving as pallbearers will be Jason Page Griffith, Jacob Tazwell Griffith, James Alan Griffith II, Dwight Douglas
Griffith, Chance Ryan Griffith and Isaac Eavey. Honorary pallbearers will be Dwayne Mitchell and Nathan Kling.
Bradley Funeral Home
Birth Date :
06/24/1947
Death Date:
10/16/2022
Age:
75