Eula Mae Griffin

Eula Mae Gant Griffin, 91 passed away peacefully on Jan. 31, 2023, at Lafayette Health and Rehabilitation in Mayo Fl. Eula was born April 11, 1931, in Thomasville Georgia, to Professor Frank Joe Barnes and Maggie Smith. Eula was of the Methodist faith while cherishing a long career as Cosmetologist and business owner of the G&G Foxtrot Beauty Salon. Eula moved to Perry Fl. in 1951, where she met and married Wade Gant and started a family. In 1985, Eula met and married her second husband William Griffin and they enjoyed a happy life together until his death in 1991.  

Eula is survived by: her children:  Earl Gant (Beverly) of Tampa Fl. Christina and granddaughter Holly Gant, Grandson Corey Griffin whom she adopted, Frank Gant, Joann Baskin, Cecil Gant all of Perry Fl, and Diane Foster (Rusty) Palm Beach Co. and 18 other grandchildren along with 36 great grandchildren and 6 great-great grandchildren.

Eula is preceded in death by both her parents, 11 siblings, her son George Gant Sr., and husbands Wade Gant and William Griffin.

Viewing will be held at Stewart Memorial AME Church on Friday February 3, 2023, from 4 PM to -6 PM. Funeral services will be held at Stewart Memorial AME Church, on Saturday February 4, 2023, at 2 p.m. follow by interment at Springhill Cemetery.

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