| Submitted by Carolyn Whaley Vosburg, Aug 2, 2013 Obituaries, 1888 W. L. Griggs Dies. Mr. W. L. Griggs, president of the Fourth National Bank, died at his residence, on the northeast corner of Swiss and Haskell avenues, in East Dallas, this morning at 3:30 o'clock, after a brief confinement from pneumonia. The remains will be sent to Mexia, his former home, for interment. He leaves an aged mother, a wife, children and innumerable friends to mourn his departure. His bereaved family are well provided for. Among other effects, Mr. Griggs held a policy in the New York Mutual Life* for $5000. - November 24, 1888, Dallas Daily Times Herald, p. 5, col. 5. |