Jan. 17, 1938 – Nov. 27, 2016

FAYETTE — Services for Dorothy Griffin Bruce, 78, of Natchez, who died Sunday, Nov. 27, 2016, at Merit Health Natchez, will be 2 p.m. today at Zion Mount Baptist Church in Jefferson County with the Rev. John Hawkins officiating. 
Burial will follow at the church cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home.
Visitation will be from noon until service time today at the church.
Mrs. Bruce was born Jan. 17, 1938, in Natchez, the daughter of Sandy and Elizabeth Smith Griffin.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Morris Bruce; one daughter, Narvelena Stewart Butler; one sister, Sandra Lee Davis; one brother, Garfield Griffin; and one grandson, Christopher Griffin.
Survivors include one daughter, Leatha Johnson and husband, John, of Natchez; two sons, Willie Griffin and wife, Luvenia, of Huntsville, Ala., and Alvin Griffin and wife, Martha, of Natchez; seven sisters, Genora Norman, Alma Lee Tenner and Nicole Griffin, all of Detroit, Gloria Jean Nelson, Patricia Tenner and husband, Roosevelt, Priscilla Tenner and husband, Cornelius, and Betty Jean Thomas, all of Natchez; one brother, Sandy Griffin Jr.; a special friend, James Coleman; 11 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and a number of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.