1948
James
2025
James Griffin
January 28, 1948 — October 20, 2025
James Herman Griffin, age 77 of Panama City, FL (formerly of Bainbridge) passed away peacefully at his residence on Monday, October 20, 2025. Services for James will be at Beulah Thomas Baptist Church, 456 Woodhull Road, Bainbridge, GA. Visitation for family & friends will be Friday October 24, 2025 at 1:00 pm and the service will follow at 2:00 pm., with the Rev. Mike Albritton and the Rev. David Grubbs officiating. Interment will follow in the Beulah Thomas Baptist Church Cemetery. Berry Dodson, Jonathan Carmichael, Joel Carmichael, Charles Weir, Noah Weir and Hunter Griffin will serve as active pallbearers. Jerome Dodson, Buddy Johnston, Wiley Griffin, and Josh Skipper will serve as honorary pallbearers.
Mr. Griffin was born January 28, 1948, in Fitzgerald, GA, to Robert C. Griffin and Doris Elaine Pike Griffin. He grew up in Albany, Georgia where he met the love of his life, Linda Kay Dodson. They married on April 4, 1969. James was a jokester and he loved to make people laugh. He was an avid deer hunter and fisherman. He loved being outdoors and in his younger years could be found waterskiing on the Flint River. James was a Master Plumber and Master Electrician. In 1972 he started Griffin Plumbing Company. He was talented in his trade and stayed busy helping residents and businesses in Bainbridge until he retired in 2010. He was a Christian of the Baptist faith and dearly loved his family. James Herman Griffin will be dearly missed and his memory will live on.
James is survived by his loving wife of 56 years, Linda Kay Dodson Griffin of Panama City, FL; daughters, Mary Elizabeth Griffin Weir (Harvey) of Panama City, FL, and Krista Kai Griffin Carmichael (Lee) of Panama City, FL: siblings, Richard Griffin (Dorothy) of Leesburg, GA and Bill Griffin (Barbara) of Gainesville, GA; grandchildren, Charles Weir, Noah Weir (Courtney), Emma Kate Weir, Hunter Griffin (Sheigh), Kayelyn Griffin, Jonathan Carmichael, Joel Carmichael; and great-grandchildren, Emery, Adeline, Rhett, Jayden, and Sebastian. He was preceded in death by his parents and his son, James Everett Griffin.
Online condolences may be sent at www.Coxfuneralhome.com. Cox-Ivey Funeral home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Griffin was born January 28, 1948, in Fitzgerald, GA, to Robert C. Griffin and Doris Elaine Pike Griffin. He grew up in Albany, Georgia where he met the love of his life, Linda Kay Dodson. They married on April 4, 1969. James was a jokester and he loved to make people laugh. He was an avid deer hunter and fisherman. He loved being outdoors and in his younger years could be found waterskiing on the Flint River. James was a Master Plumber and Master Electrician. In 1972 he started Griffin Plumbing Company. He was talented in his trade and stayed busy helping residents and businesses in Bainbridge until he retired in 2010. He was a Christian of the Baptist faith and dearly loved his family. James Herman Griffin will be dearly missed and his memory will live on.
James is survived by his loving wife of 56 years, Linda Kay Dodson Griffin of Panama City, FL; daughters, Mary Elizabeth Griffin Weir (Harvey) of Panama City, FL, and Krista Kai Griffin Carmichael (Lee) of Panama City, FL: siblings, Richard Griffin (Dorothy) of Leesburg, GA and Bill Griffin (Barbara) of Gainesville, GA; grandchildren, Charles Weir, Noah Weir (Courtney), Emma Kate Weir, Hunter Griffin (Sheigh), Kayelyn Griffin, Jonathan Carmichael, Joel Carmichael; and great-grandchildren, Emery, Adeline, Rhett, Jayden, and Sebastian. He was preceded in death by his parents and his son, James Everett Griffin.
Online condolences may be sent at www.Coxfuneralhome.com. Cox-Ivey Funeral home in charge of arrangements.
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