Glen D. McGriff

Dr. Glen D. McGriff went home to be with the Lord, August 15, 2015. He was born February 27, 1930 in Dutton Alabama. He was preceded in death by his parents Jo Lee and Ella Jane (Jenny) McGriff of Dutton, Alabama, six brothers and four sisters. Dr. McGriff was also preceded in death by his first wife Helen Perry to whom he was married to for forty-two years. He is survived by his present wife Cecilia, her daughter Shelby Kriz and her son Bobby Thompson. Dr. McGriff is survived by his son Rev. Lamar McGriff and wife Joenna of New Market Alabama, two daughters Glenda Cross of Columbia Missouri, and Donna McGriff of Little Rock Arkansas. He is survived by five grandchildren, fourteen great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. He is survived by his sister Beatrice Taylor of Lyerly Georgia and a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives. Dr. McGriff was a Baptist pastor of Alabama Baptist Churches for twenty five years. He was a graduate of Samford Baptist University, Birmingham Alabama, with a bachelor of science. He attended the University of Alabama at Birmingham where he received his Master's degree in Counseling. Dr. McGriff went on to graduate from Luther Rice Seminary with a Doctor of Ministry degree in Counseling. Dr. McGriff also attended New Orleans Baptist Seminary. Dr. McGriff retired from the Arkansas Baptist State Convention after 15 years of serving as counselor to church staff members and their families, and leading conferences and workshops in churches in Arkansas as well as other states. He continued to be active in ministry for many years. He was a member of Little Rock, First Baptist Church, where he did counseling and taught a Sunday school class. His funeral and burial was in Henagar, Alabama, August 22 and was attended by a large gathering of family and friends. There will be a visitation to honor Dr. McGriff on Saturday, August 29, from 2-4 p.m. at Little Rock's First Baptist Church reception room, 62 Pleasant Valley Dr. Memorials may be made to AR Baptist Children's Homes and Family Ministries, 10 Remington Drive, Little Rock, Ark. 72204.