Elizabeth Griffin

Elizabeth Ann “Betty” Locke Griffin, was born October 11, 1948 in Kissimmee, Florida. She grew up in the rural community of Boggy Creek in Orange County and graduated from Oak Ridge High School in 1966. Betty was married to Ben Griffin Jr. for fifty three years and they made their home in Longwood, Florida where they raised their children, Lauren and Benny.

She loved her family, friends, coworkers, celebrating holidays and special occasions, shopping, traveling, and playing lotto. Betty and her family enjoyed boating with friends in the central Florida area. She had a kind, generous heart and a quirky sense of humor.

Betty was always a hard worker, faithful and dependable to her job and coworkers, retiring from Southern Bell and AT&T (long distance operator and trainer, yellow page sales, service representative, equipment maintenance monitoring) after 45 years. She stayed in touch with her friends during times of illness, cancer, deaths in the family, and the difficult times. Betty was an encourager and tried to reach out to friends and family during a time of need, always trying to help in some way.

She loved her children and grandchildren and wanted them to do well with their lives and have no regrets. She worried that she may not have shown enough love because she had been so busy trying to meet everyone’s needs.

During her last hospital stay, she was baptized in her bed. She hoped and prayed that every one of her family members and friends finds God’s peace and love in their hearts so that we can all be reunited in God’s heavenly home. Betty was a Christian and believed that Jesus Christ was her savior and died for our sins.

Betty survived breast cancer, COVID, heart problems, and other health issues before scleroderma started three years ago and claimed her life along with other complications on May 8, 2025.

She is pre-deceased by her daughter, Lauren Peace, and parents, Lester and Allera Locke; survived by her husband, Ben; son Benny (Annabellah); sister, Kathy Locke; grandchildren: Jacob, Hannah, James, Liz, Shawn, and Ruth.

In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to the Scleroderma Research Foundation (donations@srfcures.org) or First Baptist Orlando.