Earl Patton Griffith

November 21, 1932 - April 19, 2015
BAYOU CHICOT - Funeral services were held for Earl Patton Griffith, 82, of Bayou Chicot, at the Ardoin’s Funeral Home Chapel in Ville Platte at 10 a.m., Wednesday, April 22. Burial followed in the Ferguson Cemetery in Bayou Chicot.
Mr. Griffith died Sunday, April 19, 2015, at the Carpenter House Hospice in Baton Rouge with his family by his side. He was a life-long resident of Bayou Chicot. He was a retired oilfield employee with Superior Oil Company after over 30 years of service. He was also the former co-owner of Parkside Grocery and Lorraine’s Lounge. He loved visiting with friends and family, keeping the grass cut on his tractor, passing a good time and running the roads in his truck.
Survivors include one son, Launey Patton Griffith and his wife, Kelsey, of Eunice; two brothers, Cody Griffith and wife, Mary, of Bayou Chicot and John Griffith and his wife, Peggy, of Alexandria; five grandchildren, Olivia Mitchell of Tifton, Georgia, Robby Gibbs of Macon, Georgia, Shelley Carder of Jasper, Georgia, Benjamin Griffith and his wife, Katie, of Eunice and Cacy Legnion and his wife, Maggie, of Tyler, Texas; two nephews, Cody Glen Griffith and his wife, Candy, and Lance Chauvin and his wife, Christine, all of Bayou Chicot; two nieces, Karen Griffith and Wanda Dupre and her husband, John Ellis, all of Bayou Chicot; and numerous cousins, great-nieces and great-nephews and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Dudley and Anna Holden Griffith; his sister, Barbara Jean Chauvin; his nephew, Kent Griffith; and his daughter, Madison (Kathy) Griffith.
Flowers are welcome, or memorials may be directed to the Louisiana State Arboretum via the Louisiana Parks Foundation.
Pall bearers were Cody Glen Griffith, Evan Griffith, Robert Chauvin, Barry Fontenot, Jordan Fontenot and Launey Patton Griffith.
Pastor Roger Whittington officiated.
Family and friends may view the online obituary and/or sign the guestbook at www.ardoinfuneralhomes.com.
Ardoin’s Funeral Home of Ville Platte was in charge of arrangements.