Our indomitable Memaw, Mildred Inez Griffith, received her heavenly wings Sunday, November 8, 2026. She was born to Arnold and Edrie Woehst, February 18,1931 in Galveston, TX where she and her two sisters, Gladys and Dorothy Jean, would ride with their dad on his bus route. The girls spent summers in Bellville, TX, Papa’s family where the girls learned the fine art of canning, making jellies, and cooking with Granny and Ma, her grandmothers. They rode to town in a horse drawn wagon where the sisters would play in the Courthouse while the family took care of business. Her family eventually moved to Dickinson, TX where Inez met the love of her life, Marvin “Red” Griffith, while attending high school, and they married on October 29, 1950. She worked as a telephone operator 20+ years and helped raise three generations of Griffiths.

Inez is preceded in death by her parents, Arnold and Edrie Woehst, her husband, Marvin Griffith, daughter, June Marie, her sisters, Gladys and Dorothy Jean, and a host of other relatives and friends. She is survived by her son, Ronald (Paula), grandchildren, Angela (Johnny), Donovan, Andrea, and Alecia (Mando), She has nine great-grandchildren: Kayla (Derek), Myranda (Shane), Jacob (Harley), Alyssa (Michael), Alana (Brock), Chloe (Max), Caleb, Carter, and Matias. She also has eight great-great grandchildren: Aulden, Greyson, Addison, Maverick, Olivia Inez, Peyton, Jaxson, and Sophia.

Celebration services will be held at Crowder Funeral in Dickinson, Monday, November 16, 2026, visitation at 1:00, service at 2:00.