Stanley Norman Griffin

Stanley Norman Griffin was born to the late Samuel Griffin Sr. and Georgianna Pressley Griffin on April 13, 1948, in Washington D.C. Stanley was reared in the Washington D.C. area and attended Spingarn High School. After high school Stanley joined the United States Army. He was a decorated, disabled military veteran after serving in the Viet Nam War.

In 1974 Stanley married Yvonne Williams and to this union were three children. In 1989 he met and married Violet Alderman Griffin and to this union one child was born. Stanley was a loving father who often used his sarcasm as a means to teach and lighten the situation of rearing a caring and loving family.

Stanley resided in the District Heights Maryland area before retirement. He was employed with the National Gallery, Saint Elizabeth’s Hospital as an orderly and with the Pentagon for well over twenty years. In 2005, upon retirement from the Pentagon Stanley and Violet moved to the Hilliard (Lessie), Florida area and enjoyed a quiet carefree life with family and friends where he remained until his demise. He loved watching military movies and Looney Toon Cartoons to relax. He was a naturalist and was known to use holistic and natural medicine for his various ailments. He enjoyed family gatherings, cooking and the great outdoors. He was an avid Washington Redskins fan, the lover of animals, especially dogs and he also loved listening to old school R&B music.

On Wednesday, May 20, 2026, at the age of 78, Stanley Norman Griffin fought his final battle and stepped from time to eternity at Baptist Medical Center, Yulee, Florida. He was preceded in death by his wife, Violet Griffin; parents, Samuel and Georgianna Griffin; grandson, Titus Claitt; siblings, Samuel Griffin Jr., Gloria Brown and Stanford Griffin; parents-in-law, Henry and Margaret Jordan; brothers-in-law, Henry Jordan Jr., and Eddie Lee Jordan; and sister-in-law, Annette Jordan.

He is cherished and remembered by his devoted children, Mia Griffin, Tamara Scott (Cedric), Eric Poole and Jason Poole; brother, Stevie Akbar; grandchildren, Kenneth Akil Griffin, Nico Carter, Solana Carter, Taurean Claitt, Tamia Claitt, Trinity Claitt, Elijah Poole, and Arianna Stewart; one great-grandchild; sisters-in-law, Marilyn Manning (Bruce) and Jackie Davis (Alvin); and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, neighbors and friends.

Sarah L. Carter's Funeral Home Northside is serving the Family.

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