Lella Otis Griffin

Lella Otis Griffin

Female 1906 - 1994  (88 years)

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  • Name Lella Otis Griffin 
    Birth 14 Apr 1906  Madisonville, Madison County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Graduation 0___ 1928  University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Death 8 Nov 1994  Coleman, Coleman County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Burial Coleman Cemetery, Coleman County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Person ID I33050  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 11 Sep 2015 

    Father Hale Noah Griffin,   b. 0___ 1885   d. 0___ 1950 (Age ~ 65 years) 
    Mother Mexie Mathis,   b. 0___ 1885   d. 0___ 1974 (Age ~ 89 years) 
    Marriage Y  [1
    Family ID F15885  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Horace Walter Brown,   b. 2 Nov 1896, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Sep 1950, (Coleman, Coleman County, Texas) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years) 
    Marriage 4 May 1930  Coleman, Coleman County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Children 
     1. Dan Willis Brown,   b. 19 Feb 1931, Coleman County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Mar 2012, Wellington, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     2. Don Maynard Brown,   b. 25 Aug 1932, Coleman, Coleman County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jun 2004, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     3. Doris Ann Brown
     4. Dale Frances Brown,   b. Coleman County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Dwane Allen Brown,   b. 20 May 1942, Coleman, Coleman County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Apr 1990, Manhattan, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)
    Photos
    Don Maynard Brown on the left.
 
Dan Willis Brown on the right.
    Don Maynard Brown on the left. Dan Willis Brown on the right.
    Photo provided by Doris Ann Brown Buhr, September 10, 2015, dbuhr@gvtc.com

    First three children of Horace Walter Brown and Lella Otis (Griffin) Brown; Coleman, Coleman County, Texas, c. 1938

    Photo provided by Doris Ann Brown Buhr, September 10, 2015, dbuhr@gvtc.com

    This is the five Brown kids taken about 1943 at Lella (Griffin) Brown's parent's house -- Hale Noah Griffin and Mexie (Mathis) Griffin; Coleman, Coleman County, Texas:

    Dan Willis Brown; Don Maynard Brown, Dale Frances Brown (female); Dwane Allen Brown; Doris Ann Brown

    Only Dale and I are still living and she is on her last leg in a nursing home in Brenham, Texas. Sometime ago a doctor said he thought she had water on the brain. She refused treatment so is now just a vegetable. So sad. Dale is/was the best of the five Brown kids. She taught Sunday School and played the piano for the children. She was such a kind and nice person. She would never put down another person!!

    All five of the Brown kids graduated from college:

    Dan Willis Brown 1959, Texas Tech, geology; all four of Dan's sons graduated from college
    Don Maynard Brown 1958 graduated from Texas Tech; Dairy Management
    Doris Ann Brown: Texas Woman's University 1958; MEd degree 1985 University of Texas Brownsville/Pan American University
    Dale Frances Brown Morgan: Lamar University, Beaumont, TX 1976 (she was married when she graduated)
    Dwane Allen Brown: University of Texas, Austin; 1964

    Photo provided by Doris Ann Brown Buhr, September 10, 2015, dbuhr@gvtc.com
    Family ID F12119  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 14 Apr 1906 - Madisonville, Madison County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsGraduation - 0___ 1928 - University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 4 May 1930 - Coleman, Coleman County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 8 Nov 1994 - Coleman, Coleman County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Coleman Cemetery, Coleman County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Lela Otis Griffin Brown (1906-1994)
    Lela Otis Griffin Brown (1906-1994)
    I finally found the graduation picture of my mother Lella Otis Griffin -- later married Horace Walter Brown.

    She graduated from Baylor College for Women in Belton, Texas in 1928. (The college had many names.)

    ".....................Since the move to Belton, the school has undergone several name changes including: 1925, Baylor College for Women; 1934, Mary Hardin-Baylor College (named in honor of a benefactor); and 1978, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. In 1971, the oldest college for women west of the Mississippi became co-educational...

    Photo provided by her loving daughter, Doris Ann Brown Buhr, September 10, 2015, dbuhr@gvtc.com
    Lella Otis Griffin Brown (1906-1994)
    Lella Otis Griffin Brown (1906-1994)
    My mother, Lella Otis Griffin is on the right in the picture and her younger sister Frances Elizabeth (Griffin) Pearce is on the left. The picture was probably taken after Mother/Lella graduated from Mary Hardin Baylor College for Women in Belton, Texas in 1928. This is one of my favorite pictures of Mother. Picture was taken at the home of Hale Noah Griffin and Mexie (Mathis) Griffin in Coleman, Coleman County, Texas.

    On the right: Lella, mother of Dan, Don, Doris, Dale, and Dwane Brown.

    Photo provided by Doris Ann Brown Buhr, September 10, 2015, dbuhr@gvtc.com

  • Sources 
    1. [S48273] http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=82094301.

    2. [S7730] Doris Ann Brown Buhr | 10 Sep 2015 | dbuhr@gvtc.com.

    3. [S45452] Doris Ann Brown Buhr | 4 Aug 2012 | Email dbuhr@gvtc.com.

    4. [S48304] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/SBLR-M73.