I had to take this picture upside down because of the way the sun was facing. I notice it lists year of birth as 1871. I believe that to be incorrect. Records show his birthdate as September 9, 1870. Also his last name does not have an "s", which I believe he never dropped. Dad says William was responsible for dropping the "s", which he also did on his own name. I remember there being another tombstone on his grave when I was younger. I believe that one was destroyed by vandals. A photo of the old stone is below.
Family Gravesites
Fairview Cemetery, Linton, Indiana
As it looked Summer 2000
William (August 11, 1889-February 2, 1979)
& Maude Elsie Wheeler Griffith (January 7, 1891-October 18, 1968)
"Mammy & Pappy"
Harold Hubert Griffith
wife, Edrie, is still living
John & Edith Griffith Guthrie
Don't think of them as gone away,
their journey has just begun.
Life holds so many facets,
this earth is only one.

Just think of them as resting
from the sorrows and the tears,
in a place of warmth and comfort,
where there are no days and years.

Think of how they must be wishing
that we could know, today,
how nothing but our sadness
can really pass away.

And think of them as living
in the hearts of those they touched
for nothing loved is ever lost
and they were loved so much.
Anonymous