Ada Wilson Griffin’s 100th Birthday Community Celebration
Join Grant Chapel A.M.E. Church in celebrating Oviedo resident Ada Wilson Griffin who will celebrate her 100th birthday on Christmas Day
Grant Chapel A.M.E. Church invites the community to help celebrate Oviedo resident Ada Wilson Griffin at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 19 at the church, 387 E. Franklin St. in Oviedo. Mayor Megan Sladek will give a special presentation at 6 p.m. and there will be carolers performing.
Mrs. Griffin was born one of 13 siblings on Dec. 25, 1925 to George Washington and Queenie Esther Wilson. She began cooking at age 10, moved to Oviedo in 1948 and married at age 16. She worked on a celery farm and later became a master baker.
She had 6 children, 20 grandchildren and a host of great, great, great grandchildren.
She volunteered with the “Meals on Wheels” program for (20) years, preparing
special dishes to accompany the meals provided and has been a member of Grant Chapel AME Church in Oviedo for over 50 years. She has served as a Trustee, Usher, Hayes-Jackson-Tossie Missionary member, and Lay member. She is a Consecrated Deaconess in the African American Episcopal (AME) Church. She also sings and quotes biblical scriptures from memory and is known as a fancy dresser, wearing matching hats.
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