Linda Griggs

 Linda Diane Cobb Griggs, 65, of Simerson Road, passed away Friday, July 1, 2011, at her home after declining health of five years. The funeral will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 12, 2011, at Churchland Baptist Church, where she was a member, with the Rev. Ray N. Howell IV officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the church fellowship hall and other times at the home. Mrs. Griggs will remain at Davidson Funeral Home until the service on Tuesday. Mrs. Griggs was born September 29, 1945, in Nash County, to Raymond Winstead Cobb and Mary Evelyn C. Pleasants. A devoted mother and grandmother, she was retired from the North Carolina Employment Commission; after retirement she was employed with Snider-Griggs Company. She was a member of the Churchland Fire Department Auxiliary, and a past Sunday school secretary at her church. Surviving are her husband, Ronnie Dale Griggs of the home; sons, Dale Griggs and wife, Sue, of Denton, and Brad Griggs and wife, Jennifer, of Lexington; two grandchildren, Katelyn and Sydney Griggs; step-brother, Will Pleasants of Kannapolis; and stepsister, Jane Pleasants of Rocky Mount. Memorials may be made to Churchland Baptist Church, 7516 S. NC Highway 150, Lexington, NC 27295; Hospice of Davidson County, 200 Hospice Way, Lexington, NC 27292; or the American Lung Association, 219 N. Main Street, Suite 201, River Falls, WI 54022.