Florine Griffin Hood, 81, of Tifton passed away Friday, November 21, 2003, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Her funeral service was held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, November 24, 2003, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals, with the Rev. Joe Wiggins officiating. Mrs. Hood was laid to rest at Williams Cemetery.
Mrs. Hood's grandsons served as pallbearers.
Born December 7, 1921, in Tift County, Mrs. Hood was the daughter of the late Arthur Griffin and Lillie Williams Griffin. She was also preceded in death by her husband, William Craven Hood; one son, Bobby Hood; and three grandsons. She was a homemaker; and she was a member of Unity Tabernacle in Tifton.
Mrs. Hood is survived by three sons, Larry Hood and Charles Hood, both of Tifton and Tony Hood of Tallahassee, Florida; six daughters, Shirley Brewington, Mary Jo Griner and Kay Rizer, all of Tifton, Charlotte Lovell of Cordele, Barbara Lovell of Lilly and Diann Hayes of Irwin County; one brother, A. G. Griffin of Lenox; three sisters, Margaret Goff, Eloise Dampier and Alma Waldrop, all of Tifton; sixteen grandchildren; and twenty-three great-grandchildren.