Our History
In 1946, W.E. and Reppie Griffin established Griffin Funeral Home on the corner of West 5th Avenue and North 14th Street in Corsicana. Through hard work and dedication to the families they served, they earned a reputation as an honest and caring funeral home.
The vision of how people should be treated was carried on by grandson William (Bill) Griffin Roughton and his wife Linda Roughton. From the time he was old enough to help, Mr. Griffin had his grandson by his side, teaching him how to treat people with respect and dignity. In 1981 Griffin Funeral home acquired the funeral home in Blooming Grove, and in 1985 Bill and Linda Roughton built Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home in Corsicana at 1530 North 45th street.
W.E. Griffin was proud of the new funeral home that was built, and he was there every day until his death in 1987. In 2000 Bill and Linda Roughton built Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home in Fairfield at 450 East Main Street to serve the people of Fairfield and Freestone County.
In June of 2015 the great grandson William (Billy) Griffin Roughton II and his wife Tina Territo Roughton took over the family business to continue the vision the Griffin's instilled into the family. As of today, we are proud to say we are a fourth-generation family owned and operated business serving Navarro and Freestone Counties.
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William G. (Billy) Roughton II, Tina Roughton, Funeral Director / Embalmer
Billy has been a funeral director and embalmer since 1998. He has been active in the family business since he was young. Billy and Tina purchased the funeral home in June 2015 from Billy's parents, Bill and Linda Roughton. Billy is the fourth-generation funeral director in the family business. He takes care of the day-to-day operations. Tina has been a funeral director since 2002. Billy and Tina are members at Westhill Church of Christ, where Billy serves a Deacon. Billy serves with the Navarro County Youth Exposition in many different aspects and is also on the Navarro County Exposition Center Board. Billy and Tina enjoy serving their community in many different ways.Billy and Tina's children, Austin and wife Ashley, Emily, Erika, grandchildren Teagan and Danny Roughton.
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William G. (Bill) Roughton, Linda Roughton
Bill has been involved in the funeral industry from an early age when the funeral homes ran the ambulance service. He has been a licensed embalmer since 1974. He has currently retired but still helps around the funeral home when needed. He is a member of North Beaton Church of Christ and enjoys spending time with his grandchildren. Linda Roughton has worked in the funeral home in a number of ways, from office work to driving cars on funerals. Bill and Linda have two sons and their wives, Billy and Tina Territo Roughton, current owners of the funeral home and Brad and Sheree Williams Roughton.
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Tami Territo Andrews, Administrative Assistant
Tami is the administrative assistant and takes care of the clerical work of the funeral home. She takes care of all the insurance claims and death certificates. Tami is married to Clint Andrews, he is the Chief Deputy at Navarro County Sheriff Office, and they have two boys Chasyn and Westyn. Tami is also the sister to Tina Roughton. She has been with the funeral home since November 2008.
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Kevin Steely, Funeral Home Assistant / Maintenance
Kevin has been employed with the funeral home since 2008. Kevin helps in many different areas of the funeral home such as maintenance of vehicles, helping on funeral services, calls and anything else that may need to be done.
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Patti Ballard, Administrative Assistant
Patti Ballard has been employed with the funeral home since 2021. She is the administrative assistant for our Fairfield location.
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Floyd Pettersen, Funeral Director Assistant
Floyd served as the preacher of Trinity Baptist Church and has been working part time with the funeral Home for many years.
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Dale Meador, Funeral Director Assistant
Dale works part time with the funeral home helping where needed.
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Douglas MacGregor, Funeral Pre-Planning Specialist
Douglas MacGregor has been a funeral pre-planning specialist since 2019 helping literally hundreds of family's pre-plan funerals for themselves and their loved ones.In his experience people pre-plan to ensure they are not a burden to their families in the fullness of time. It's possibly the most selfless act they can do for their families, something their loved ones will thank them when the time comes.Pre-planning also makes financial sense as you lock in today's prices, and we can organize a payment plan as well. Whatever your budget is, we will help you create the kind of meaningful funeral you want and desire.Reach out to him to book a time to meet, his email address is [email protected] or call him on his cell (903) 229-1578.
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Carlos Lancon, Funeral Director
Carlos joined our family business February 2024. He helps families with making arrangements for their loved ones and conducts funeral services. Carlos graduated from Dallas Institute of Funeral Service in 2022 as a Funeral Director.
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Liz Oliphant, Evening Assistant
Liz Oliphant has been with the funeral home for many years. She works in the evenings helping with family visitations.
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Emma Johnston, Administrative Assistant
Emma joined our family August 2024. She runs the front office with taking care of phone calls as we receive them and helping with the needs of the families that come in the door.
