Mr. Ernest Roffe Griggs

March 20, 1931 - April 29, 2020

Graveside funeral services for Mr. Ernest Roffe Griggs, 89, husband of the late Mary Dell Huggins Griggs, who entered into rest on Wednesday, April 29, 2020, will be held at 2 o'clock on Friday, May 1, 2020, at Memorial Chapel Church Cemetery. Rev. Paul Atkinson will officiate and the family will receive friends following the service. Hanock-Elmore-Hill Funeral Directors are caring for the family. The service will be live-streamed from the church Facebook page, and transmitted via radio for guests to listen from their cars. The family will greet friends from a distance from the front porch of the church as the procession of cars pass. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in his honor to Memorial Chapel, 2509 Green Lane, Bishopville, SC 29010. Born in Chesterfield County, SC, on March 20, 1931, he was the son of the late Frontus C. "F.C." Griggs and Marie Elizabeth Gainey Griggs. He was a retired electrician and was a founding member of Memorial Chapel, where he faithfully served his Lord. He faithfully served his country in the SC National Guard from 1949 until 1959. He is survived by his children, Cynthia G. Boykin, Roffie D. Griggs; five grandchildren, five great-grandchildren; sisters, Margaret Winburn, Virginia Barfield; sisters-in-law, Ann Elizabeth Griggs, Carolyn (Elbert) Hancock; brother-in-law, Larry (Romell) Huggins. he was preceded in death by his great-grandchild, Zachary Kirkland; son-in-law, Gary Boykin Jr.; sister, Mary Patience Griggs; brothers, Curtis Griggs, Hollis Griggs; two sisters-in-law and three brothers-in-law.