Donald Clay Griffin

DONALD CLAY GRIFFIN MARION - DONALD CLAY GRIFFIN, 72, OF 4 BRIAR CLIFF RD. DIED WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 2001 AT MCDOWELL COUNTY HOSPITAL. A NATIVE OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY, HE HAD LIVED MOST OF HIS LIFE IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY. HE WAS RETIRED FROM THE ASHEVILLE-CITIZEN TIMES WITH 27 YEARS OF SERVICE. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE CLARENCE AND THELMA CLAY GRIFFIN. SURVIVING ARE HIS DAUGHTER, ELIZABETH; STEP-DAUGHTER, MONTE SIMPSON OF KNOXVILLE, TN; STEP GRANDSONS, CLAY KENT OF ARDEN AND NATHAN MILLER OF MISSISSIPPI; STEP GRANDDAUGHTER, JENNIFER MILLER OF GREENSBORO; SISTER-IN-LAW, AVA WARD AND HUSBAND ROBERT OF NEBO. GRAVESIDE SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 11 AM SATURDAY AT COOL SPRINGS CEMETERY, FOREST CITY WITH THE REV. BENNY WADE OFFICIATING. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FROM 7 UNTIL 8 PM FRIDAY AT ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME, ASHEVILLE.