James Heflin Griffith Jr. Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved James Heflin Griffith Jr. of Effingham, South Carolina, who passed away at the age of 77, on January 10, 2026. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.
As we bid James Heflin farewell, let us not mourn the absence of his physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of his spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For James Heflin is not truly gone, but merely transformed, his energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.
He was predeceased by: his parents, James H. Griffith Sr. and Mary Louise Fallaize Griffith; and his wife Ruth "Betsy" Clyde Griffith. He is survived by: his siblings, David Griffith and Katherine Griffith Clapp (Vernon); and his friends, Henry Swink, Marion Swink, Tiffany Hayes, William J. "Lovie" Lee and Wilson Coward.
Memorials may be made to the Disabled American Veterans, https://help.dav.org.
