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Mervin Griffith, Jr. "My Joe"

September 18, 1951 — February 1, 2017

Mervin Joseph Griffith Jr., 65, formerly of Brunswick, Maryland passed from this life on Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at Northampton Manor Health Care Center in Frederick.

Born on September 18, 1951, in Frederick, MD, he was the son of Ruth M. (Sheckells) Griffith and the late Mervin J. Griffith.

Joe graduated from Harmony Grove school. He was a member of The Arc of Frederick County for many years and the Jeanne Bussard Center for 12 years. Joe was on the Board of Directors at the Scott Key Center where he was a participant for 35 years. He was also cared for at the Thomas House where he met special friends and caregivers Mike Frye, Kiyan Tajgakhsh and wife, Amy, and Mo and Eugene.

In addition to his mother, Ruth, he is survived by relatives, Bill Mundey and wife, Debbie, April Remsburg and husband, Richard, and their daughters, Jewel and Lola, Bill Mundey, IV and wife, Candace, Sean McKinney and his son, Jake, Mike McKinney and wife, Angie, Javon Porter and Jeanine Wheeler and her son, Keith; and special friends, Shirley Baker and Elmer Mawyer.

Joe was preceded in death by his grandparents, Charlotte Pumphrey, Roy Sheckells, Arthur and Hulda Griffith; and special aunt, Doris Sheckells and aunts, Evelyn Roberts and Mary Grubb.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at the Stauffer Funeral Home, 1100 North Maple Avenue, Brunswick.

Graveside services will be held 1 p.m. Thursday, February 9th at the Park Heights Cemetery in Brunswick with Rev. David Beeson officiating.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to The Arc of Frederick County at www.arcfcorg.com.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Stauffer Funeral Home in Brunswick and Stauffer Crematory, Inc. Expressions of sympathy may be offered to the family at www.staufferfuneralhome.com.


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