[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 19 (Tuesday, February 2, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E92-E93]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             RECOGNIZING THE LIFE OF SIDNEY THOMAS GRIFFITH

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                            HON. TRENT KELLY

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 2, 2021

  Mr. KELLY of Mississippi. Madam Speaker, I rise today to celebrate 
the life of Mayor Thomas Griffith who passed away January 6 at the age 
of 80.
  Mayor Griffith was born on February 7, 1940 in Okolona, MS to Sidney 
and Eva Mae Jones Griffith. He was raised in the Wren community

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and graduated from Amory High School in 1958 before attending Itawamba 
Community College and Mississippi State University. There, he studied 
Business Administration. He soon returned to Amory and married Ms. Ruth 
Mcallister in September of 1964. He was a dedicated member of St. 
Andrew's Methodist Church in Amory, where he served as Chairman of the 
Administrative Board and President of the United Methodist Men. He was 
dedicated to the Amory community, serving as the Paul Harris Fellow of 
the Amory Rotary Club, on the Board of Directors for First Friends in 
Amory, as a member of the ICC Board of Trustees and the ICC Alumni 
Board.
  In 1977, Thomas Griffith was elected Mayor of Amory. He served a 28 
year tenure, dedicating countless hours to the betterment of the 
community in which he was raised. He cited his term in public service 
as the pinnacle of his career. He was appointed to numerous leadership 
councils following his retirement from city government, most notably as 
Administrator of the Tenn-Tom Waterway Authority.
  Left to cherish his memory is his wife of 56 years, Ruth; two sons, 
Tommy and Dan; and four granddaughters, Erin, Sydney, Logann, and 
Reese.
  Mayor Griffith was a dedicated husband and father, a servant to his 
state, and a man of faith. He will be deeply missed by all who had the 
opportunity to know and love him.

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