Donna Kathryn Sabatini Griffis
March 20, 1937 — March 1, 2018
DONNA KATHRYN SABATINI GRIFFIS, AGE 80, PASSED AWAY AT HER HOME AND WENT HOME TO BE WITH HER HEAVENLY FATHER THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2018. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY THE LOVE OF HER LIFE PAUL GAINES GRIFFIS, HER MOTHER ROSALIE PLAIA SABATINI AND FATHER JOHN ANDREW SABATINI. SHE WAS ONE OF THE MOST GODLY, BEAUTIFUL, COURAGEOUS, STRONGEST, LOVING, DEDICATED, INTELLIGENT LADIES, MOTHER, GRAND-MOTHER, GREAT GRAND-MOTHER, FRIEND AND EMPLOYEE THAT ANYONE COULD HAVE EVER KNOWN. WHEN MAMA FOUND OUT ABOUT HER SICKNESS, HER ATTITUDE WAS, IT IS A WIN, WIN SITUATION. IF SHE FOUGHT AND WON, SHE WOULD GET TO BE WITH HER FAMILY HERE LONGER, BUT IF SHE FOUGHT AND LOST, SHE WOULD GET TO BE WITH HER SAVIOR AND THE LOVE OF HER LIFE, AND HER OTHER LOVED ONES IN HEAVEN. SHE IS GOING T0 BE SO VERY MISSED BY HER CHILDREN, FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
SHE ATTENDED PIKE AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH UNTIL IT CLOSED AND THEN THEY JOINED HILLVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE SHE HAS BEEN A MEMBER SINCE.
SHE MET THE LOVE OF HER LIFE, PAUL, AT LOWE'S SKATING RINK. MAMA WAS 15 AND DADDY WAS 18. THEY RAN AWAY AND GOT MARRIED JUST WEEKS LATER. THEY SPENT THE NEXT 64 YEARS IN A WONDERFUL, HAPPY MARRIAGE, HAD 4 CHILDREN NOEL GRIFFIS TIDWELL (JP), NANCY GRIFFIS HARNDEN (LARRY), PAULA GRIFFIS WOODALL (JERRY), TODD ANDREW GRIFFIS (AND GIRLFRIEND JODI MINOR). DONNA WAS SURVIVED BY GRAND-DAUGHTERS DANA DEAN DARDEN (PHILIP), HALEY HARNDEN BISHOP (ANDREW), SHELLY HARNDEN, AND GRAND-SONS, DANIEL DEAN (AND GIRLFRIEND PAIGE MOORE), MATTHEW HARNDEN (JESSICA), JARED WOODALL (ALEXANDERIA), JUSTIN WOODALL AND BRIAN TIDWELL (KRISTIN). SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HER PRIDE AND JOYS, HER GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, DRAKE RIDLEHOOVER, COHEN HARNDEN, AUBREY DARDEN, MADISON TIDWELL, PARKER TIDWELL, AND SOON TO BE HERE JAXSON BRENT DARDEN AND ANDERSON BAINE WOODALL. DONNA SABATINI GRIFFIS IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HER HALF SISTER JOAN STEVENSON (JOHN). AUNT DONNA WAS SURVIVED BY DECEASED NEPHEWS, GAINES DEFNALL, MARK GRIFFIS AND BARRY GRIFFIS. SHE IS SURVIVED BY NEPHEWS, JOHNNY DEFNALL (TERESA), TOM DEFNALL (MARSHA), DON DEFNALL (ANGIE). SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HER FUR BABIES MOLLY AND DAISY. MAMA LOVED HER FAMILY MORE THAN LIFE ITSELF. SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HER VERY BEST FRIEND WHO SHE CALLED HER SISTER BARBARA SMITH.
IN 1991 MAMA WENT TO WORK FOR TUTWILER REALTY AND WORKED THERE UNTIL SHE BECAME SICK FEBRUARY 2, 2018. SHE LOVED HER JOB AND HER BOSS ALLEN J TUTWILER SR. UNTIL HE PASSED AWAY AND ALLEN J. TUTWILER, JR. WHO SHE LOVED LIKE A SON. SHE LOVED HER JOB VERY MUCH AND DID IT WELL. WHEN ASKED WHEN SHE WAS GOING TO RETIRE, SHE WOULD ALWAYS SAY, GOD SAID TO WORK UNTIL HE RETURNS AND SHE DID JUST THAT. SHE WORKED UNTIL HE CAME TO GET HER. HER TUTWILER FRIENDS WILL MISS MS. DONNA VERY MUCH.
UP UNTIL FEBRUARY 2ND, 2018, MAMA HAD A GOOD LIFE. WORKED A FULL TIME JOB THAT SHE LOVED, DROVE A NICE, NEW VEHICLE, LOVED HER CHURCH FAMILY, AND JUST GOT BACK FROM A CRUISE WITH HER BEST FRIEND BARBARA SMITH AND HER DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW LIBBY AND RANDY SHELTON TO MEXICO. SHE LOVED GOING TO HER PLACE ON THE BEACH AND TO HER DAUGHTER’S CABIN IN THE MOUNTAINS. SHE LOVED LIFE.
MAMA WANTED TO INCLUDE A SPECIAL THANKS WHOM SHE THOUGHT WAS A GREAT TEAM OF DOCTORS, DR. JOSEPH WU, DR. MICHAEL CRANE AND DR. DAVID SIBLEY AND ALL THE OTHER DOCTORS THAT TRIED TO FIGURE OUT HER SICKNESS.
FUNERAL WILL BE SATURDAY, MARCH 3RD AT PATTERSON-FOREST GROVE FUNERAL HOME 1498 5TH AVENUE PLEASANT GROVE AL 35127 AT 1:00PM. VISITATION WILL BE FROM 11:00AM-1:00PM. BROTHER BILL GARNER AND BROTHER GEORGE KING WILL BE OFFICIATING THE FUNERAL AT 1:00PM.
SHE ATTENDED PIKE AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH UNTIL IT CLOSED AND THEN THEY JOINED HILLVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE SHE HAS BEEN A MEMBER SINCE.
SHE MET THE LOVE OF HER LIFE, PAUL, AT LOWE'S SKATING RINK. MAMA WAS 15 AND DADDY WAS 18. THEY RAN AWAY AND GOT MARRIED JUST WEEKS LATER. THEY SPENT THE NEXT 64 YEARS IN A WONDERFUL, HAPPY MARRIAGE, HAD 4 CHILDREN NOEL GRIFFIS TIDWELL (JP), NANCY GRIFFIS HARNDEN (LARRY), PAULA GRIFFIS WOODALL (JERRY), TODD ANDREW GRIFFIS (AND GIRLFRIEND JODI MINOR). DONNA WAS SURVIVED BY GRAND-DAUGHTERS DANA DEAN DARDEN (PHILIP), HALEY HARNDEN BISHOP (ANDREW), SHELLY HARNDEN, AND GRAND-SONS, DANIEL DEAN (AND GIRLFRIEND PAIGE MOORE), MATTHEW HARNDEN (JESSICA), JARED WOODALL (ALEXANDERIA), JUSTIN WOODALL AND BRIAN TIDWELL (KRISTIN). SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HER PRIDE AND JOYS, HER GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, DRAKE RIDLEHOOVER, COHEN HARNDEN, AUBREY DARDEN, MADISON TIDWELL, PARKER TIDWELL, AND SOON TO BE HERE JAXSON BRENT DARDEN AND ANDERSON BAINE WOODALL. DONNA SABATINI GRIFFIS IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HER HALF SISTER JOAN STEVENSON (JOHN). AUNT DONNA WAS SURVIVED BY DECEASED NEPHEWS, GAINES DEFNALL, MARK GRIFFIS AND BARRY GRIFFIS. SHE IS SURVIVED BY NEPHEWS, JOHNNY DEFNALL (TERESA), TOM DEFNALL (MARSHA), DON DEFNALL (ANGIE). SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HER FUR BABIES MOLLY AND DAISY. MAMA LOVED HER FAMILY MORE THAN LIFE ITSELF. SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HER VERY BEST FRIEND WHO SHE CALLED HER SISTER BARBARA SMITH.
IN 1991 MAMA WENT TO WORK FOR TUTWILER REALTY AND WORKED THERE UNTIL SHE BECAME SICK FEBRUARY 2, 2018. SHE LOVED HER JOB AND HER BOSS ALLEN J TUTWILER SR. UNTIL HE PASSED AWAY AND ALLEN J. TUTWILER, JR. WHO SHE LOVED LIKE A SON. SHE LOVED HER JOB VERY MUCH AND DID IT WELL. WHEN ASKED WHEN SHE WAS GOING TO RETIRE, SHE WOULD ALWAYS SAY, GOD SAID TO WORK UNTIL HE RETURNS AND SHE DID JUST THAT. SHE WORKED UNTIL HE CAME TO GET HER. HER TUTWILER FRIENDS WILL MISS MS. DONNA VERY MUCH.
UP UNTIL FEBRUARY 2ND, 2018, MAMA HAD A GOOD LIFE. WORKED A FULL TIME JOB THAT SHE LOVED, DROVE A NICE, NEW VEHICLE, LOVED HER CHURCH FAMILY, AND JUST GOT BACK FROM A CRUISE WITH HER BEST FRIEND BARBARA SMITH AND HER DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW LIBBY AND RANDY SHELTON TO MEXICO. SHE LOVED GOING TO HER PLACE ON THE BEACH AND TO HER DAUGHTER’S CABIN IN THE MOUNTAINS. SHE LOVED LIFE.
MAMA WANTED TO INCLUDE A SPECIAL THANKS WHOM SHE THOUGHT WAS A GREAT TEAM OF DOCTORS, DR. JOSEPH WU, DR. MICHAEL CRANE AND DR. DAVID SIBLEY AND ALL THE OTHER DOCTORS THAT TRIED TO FIGURE OUT HER SICKNESS.
FUNERAL WILL BE SATURDAY, MARCH 3RD AT PATTERSON-FOREST GROVE FUNERAL HOME 1498 5TH AVENUE PLEASANT GROVE AL 35127 AT 1:00PM. VISITATION WILL BE FROM 11:00AM-1:00PM. BROTHER BILL GARNER AND BROTHER GEORGE KING WILL BE OFFICIATING THE FUNERAL AT 1:00PM.
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