Brenda Kay Griffin, 72, of Clinton died 5:40 a.m. Sunday (Jan. 5, 2014) in Decatur Memorial Hospital. 

Memorial services will be 11 a.m. Friday at Calvert Funeral Home, Clinton, with J. Kent Hickerson officiating. Visitation will be one hour before services. Memorials: Cancer Care Specialists. Send condolences: www.calvertmemorial.com.

Brenda was born July 10, 1941, in Moweaqua, the daughter of Cayle and Bettie Bland Alverson. She was a member of First Christian Church, Clinton, and the DeWitt County Home Extension. She married Abner J. Griffin on March 9, 1963, in Clinton.

Surviving are her husband, son, Brian (Tisha) Griffin of Clinton; grandchildren, Zachary and Kayley; brother, Dan (Georgia) Alverson of Oklahoma City, Okla.; sister, Cindy (Wayne) DeBoard of Mount Olive.

She was preceded in death by her parents.