Linda Griffin

Linda Griffin, 78 years old of Atlanta, Ga. passed away on August 27, 2018 in Dunwoody, Ga. She graduated from O’Keefe High in Atlanta in 1958, then graduated from Piedmont Nursing School in 1961. She received her master’s in nursing Anesthesia from the University of Alabama Medical School in1963. She married John Griffin on October 15, 1965 & worked as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist at Children’s Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama for (6) years before moving with her family to Atlanta, & also worked for Emory Hospital as a CRNA for another (6) years before retiring.

She is survived by her husband, John R. Griffin, sons Jay and his wife Kirstin of Greenville, South Carolina and Mark and his wife Pamela of Jacksonville, Florida; 4 grandsons Zachary, Wyatt, Davis and Bennett and two granddaughters, Alise and Rachel. She is also survived by her sister Carolin Platt of Birmingham, Alabama and by niece Kindra Swauger.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Sat. September 22, 2018 at H.M. Patterson & Son-Oglethorpe Funeral Home on Peachtree Road- (near Oglethorpe) with Lewis Abbott of Johnson’s Ferry Baptist Church officiating.

The family wishes to extend our sincere thanks to Capstone Hospice for giving Linda much needed care in her last days.