Point Harbor, March 23—In the passing of Norman Earl Griggs, son of Albert Griggs of this place, Currituck County lost one of its most valiant sons.
Earl Griggs was the first Currituck County boy to volunteer and the last to return from service. In his service overseas, he was wounded twice and was gassed two or three times. He received three citations and the French decoration of honor.
This son of Currituck fought at the sectors of Verdun, Chateau-Thiery, Aisne-Marne and St. Mihiel. He was in the Second Division of the regular Army and was in the United States Marine Corps.
Earl Griggs was quiet and unassuming. One might have known him for years without ever hearing him mention his war record.
Soon after returning from service he accepted a position with the Carolina Potato Exchange and later was named manager of this organization of farmers.
While at Elizabeth City Mr. Griggs won the respect of his business associates and he had a number of friends in Pasquotank and Camden counties.
In November of last year he was married to Miss Aurilla Strahl of Elizabeth City. On the following January he became seriously ill from a growth in the glands which proved fatal on March 12. The trouble started some time ago but it was hoped in the fall that it had been cured by radium treatment which he received at a Baltimore hospital.
The esteem in which he was held was evident when his funeral services were held at Harbingers on Saturday, March 14, and the crowd gathered could not find space in the Christian Church there of which he was a member. Several automobiles came over from Elizabeth City, including a representation of Knight Templars dressed in uniform.
Dr. J.H. Thayer, pastor Blackwell Memorial Church, Elizabeth City, conducted the devotional exercises, after which Rev. J.R. Lee, pastor of the Christian Church here, made a few brief remarks. Beautiful flowers showed the affection of many friends.
Currituck people who have known Earl Griggs since he was a baby declare that he was worthy of all the esteem given him, and deserving of the wonderful sympathy tendered him during his great suffering, which he bore with patience. They declare that his wife, mother, and father have cause to be deeply thankful for the noble, clean life which he lived, and they join is bereaved ones in grief and sorrow at his death.
From the front page of The Daily Advance, Elizabeth City, N.C., Monday Evening, March 23, 1925
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