John Griffith Warfield
1870 - 1940 (70 years)
Generation: 1
1. John Griffith Warfield was born 20 Jan 1870, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA; died 23 Jul 1940, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA; was buried 23 Jul 1940, Rosewood Funeral Home and Cemetery - Humble, Texas, USA. Notes:
Obituary:
WARFIELD - John Griffith Warfield, 70, of 1314 Tulane, died Tuesday morning in a local hospital. He was a native of Memphis, Tenn., and had lived in Houston for the past 18 years. He was one of the organizers of the Rosewood Park Cemetery. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ruth Warfield; three daughters, Mrs. B.C. Edwards, Misses Sybil and Lena Mae Warfield all of Houston; two sons, George Warfield of Houston and Ven Warfield of Waco; brother, H.B. Warfield of Houston. Services held at 3 p.m. Tuesday from the Folge-West Chapel with Rev. J.W.E. Airey, pastor of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, officiating. Burial in Rosewood Park Cemetery. Active pallbearers: B.C. Edwards, who is a son-in-law, Kenneth, Edward and Horace Warfield, L.C. Ebling, who are nephews, and Grover Baggett. The family requests friends to please omit flowers. Fogle-West Company directing.
(Published in The Houston Chronicle on July 23, 1940)John married Lamantha Ruth Bumgardner Sep 1919, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA. Lamantha (daughter of Jacob Alexander Bumgardner, Sr. and Alwilda Keturah Holley) was born 20 Jul 1892, Benton, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 3 Nov 1982, Pasadena, Harris County, Texas, USA; was buried 5 Nov 1982, Rosewood Funeral Home and Cemetery - Humble, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]
Children:- George William Warfield was born 4 May 1916, Vinita, Craig County, Oklahoma, USA; died 27 Oct 2008, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA; was buried 30 Oct 2008, South Park Cemetery - Pearland, Texas, USA.
- Sybil Mary Warfield was born 28 Apr 1917, St. Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA; died 18 Nov 1986, Fredericksburg, Gillespie County, Texas, USA; was buried 20 Nov 1986, Greenwood Cemetery - Fredericksburg, Texas, USA.
- Nettie Myrtle Warfield was born 21 Dec 1919, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA; died 27 Jun 1996, Katy, Fort Bend County, Texas, USA; was buried , Memorial Oaks Cemetery - Houston, Texas, USA.
- Lena Mae Warfield was born 9 Apr 1921, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 26 Sep 2002, Pasadena, Harris County, Texas, USA; was buried , Memorial Oaks Cemetery - Houston, Texas, USA.