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In Memoriam

Caroline Margaret "Carrie" Hammond (Griffith) - Class Of 1923

Caroline Margaret "Carrie" Hammond, daughter of George Washington (1862-1930) and Mary Caroline (Helivig) (1968-1928) Hammond, was born 16 March 1906, Michigan.  She graduated in 1923, one of 2 students, in the first class of Meridian Consolidated School, Okemos High School.

Caroline married Clifford James Griffith 24 October 1925, Okemos, Ingham County, Michigan.  The couple raised a son and 2 daughters after losing their first born infant son boy in 1926.  Clifford was employed as an engineer.  After retirement the couple wintered in Brevard County, Florida.  Clifford, born 25 November 1904, died 4 January 1984, Brevard County, Florida.  Caroline died at age 96, 25 January 2003, Florida.  Clifford and Caroline were interred Melba Cemetery, Melba, Canyon County, Idaho.

Lansing State Journal (Lansing, Michigan) Tuesday 28 January 2003

GRIFFITH, CAROLINE, 96, of Merritt Island, Fla., formerly of Holt, died Saturday.  Arrangements by Wylie-Baxley Merritt Island Funeral Home, Fla.