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Elizabeth (Betsy) Griffith of 2 Richards Circle, Port Royal Village, Belle Vernon R.D., died Friday,July 28,1978, at 11:08 a.m. in the Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital. She was 59. Mrs. Griffith was born April 24, 1919 in Mt. Pleasant, a daughter of the late Robert and Mary Ann Rodgers Hewitt. Before moving to Port Royal Village in August of 1977, she had spent most of her life in Speers. Her husband, Thomas C. Griffith, preceded her in death on July 17, 1972, as did a brother, Robert Hewitt, in 1975. Survivors include four sons, Arthur Artis of New Eagle, Barry B. Griffith of Charleroi, Thomas L. Griffith with the U.S Army in Germany, and Douglas S. Griffith, at home, one brother, Jacob Hewitt of Belle Vernon, two sisters, Mrs. Carolyn Crouch of Speers Hill and Mrs. Louvisa McKevitt of Shaler Twp., and six grandchildren. Friends are being received in the Shelby D. Ferguson Funeral Home, 700 Broad Ave., Belle Vernon, from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Sunday. Services will be held in the funeral home Monday at 1 p.m.,with the Rev.Charles K.Sowden of the First United Methodist Church of Fredericktown officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson is funeral director in charge.

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