Obituary

Robert r. Griffith of charleston, wv, died at his home on thursday, february 04, 2016.
Mr. Griffith, age 90, was born january 14, 1926 at pemberton (raleigh county).  he moved with his family to cool ridge (raleigh county) in 1932.  he attended midway grade school and graduated from shady spring high school in 1943.
He spent approximately three years in the u. S. Navy from 1943 to 1946.
He attended west virginia university and graduated with a b. S. In electrical engineering in 1949.
He worked more than 41 years for appalachian power company at beckley, rainelle, oak hill and charleston.  he retired december 31, 1990 as charleston division superintendent.
He served eleven years as treasurer of the kanawha valley emergency planning council.  he helped organize the charleston aep veteran and retired employees’ association and served several years as its treasurer.  he was a member of the charleston lions club and participated in many of its activities.  he was a long-time member of st. Mark’s united methodist church.
He was preceded in death by his parents, joseph a. Griffith and fannie falsom richardson griffith; and his brothers, don k., charles n. And henry lee griffith.
He is survived by his wife of 61 years, mary sperow griffith; three sons and their spouses, donald and gina, st. Albans, wv; gary and deb, maidens, va and dr. James and marla, charleston,  wv..  he is also survived by five grandchildren, mary beth, seward, ak; emily, morgantown, wv; nicholas and matthew, both of charleston, wv and rebeccah, boston, ma.  also surviving is brother, larry griffith, beckley, wv; two sisters and their spouses, patricia and gerry burnett, cincinnati, oh and eliza and marshall baum, chillicothe, oh; and sisters-in-law retha griffith (widow of charles), winslow, ar and ellen griffith (widow of lee), pinellas park, fl.
The family thanks joe rodgers, katie baldwin, melinda boggess, cathy thacker and travis wheeler for their kind and compassionate care.
The funeral will take place at 2pm on monday, february 8 at st. Mark’s united methodist church with rev’d monty brown officiating.  burial will follow at graceland memorial park, south charleston.  visitation will be 2 hours prior to the service at the church. 
flowers are welcome; however, donations in his memory are also appreciated and may be sent to:  st. Mark’s united methodist church, 900 washington st. E, charleston, wv 25301.