Family celebrates veteran who's turning 102 years old
10.
>> MEMORY GRIFFIN IS ABOUT TO
TURN 102 YEARS OLD.
>> HE SERVED STATESIDE DURING
WORLD WAR 2 AND TODD SOLDIERS,
HOW TO BE SOLDIERS. WRAL'S
GILBERT BAYS SPOKE WITH GRIFFIN
ABOUT HIS LIFE. LOVE AND
LONGEVITY.
>> THESE HANDS WERE MOLDED FROM
VETERANS FROM ALL OVER
NORTH CAROLINA. TODAY I HAD THE
PLEASURE OF SHAKING THE HAND
OF A 101 YEAR-OLD VETERAN WHO
PROUDLY SERVED DURING WORLD
WAR. 2 MEMORY GRIFFIN WAS NAMED
AFTER AN UNCLE. HE NEVER MET
AND HE WAS DRAFTED INTO THE
ARMY DURING WORLD WAR 2 AFTER
DROPPING OUT OF COLLEGE.
>> AND HELP TRAIN YOUNG BLACK
RECRUITS.
>> WE GO OUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE
WITH.
RIVAL GOOD.
>> GRIFFIN COMES FROM A LONG
LINE OF FAMILY MEMBERS WHO
PROUDLY SERVED IN THE ARMED
FORCES, OK, MILITARY, SURE.
THIS FAMILY. YOU GOT CLEVELAND.
>> MEMORY BROUGHT US.
LINDA GRIFFIN, WHO IS IN
VIRGINIA SHURI.
>> AND ROSS AFTER BEING
DISCHARGED FROM FORT BRAGG,
GRIFFIN MOVED TO WASHINGTON,
D.C., HE WORKED SEVERAL JOBS,
INCLUDING BEING THE CAB DRIVER
WHICH NEARLY COST HIM HIS LIFE
DURING AN ATTEMPTED ROBBERY
>> BECAUSE EITHER GOING TO BEG
GRIFFIN WAS SHOT IN THE FACE.
THE BULLET STILL LODGED IN HIS
HEAD. IT CAUSES HIS SLURRED
SPEECH BUT HE SURVIVED AND WENT
ON TO WORK AT THE U.S. MEN'S
FOR THE MONEY IS PRINTED.
>> DURING HIS 100 BIRTHDAY
FAMILY MEMBERS GAVE HIM THIS
PICTURE FRAME STUFFED WITH
FRESHLY PRINTED DOLLAR BILLS.
THE ARMY VETERAN HAS NO
CHILDREN AND WAITED UNTIL HE
WAS 90 TO MARRY HIS BEAUTIFUL
BRIDE. GERALDINE, WHO HAS SADLY
PASSED AWAY. GRIFFIN SAYS THERE
IS NO SECRET TO LONGEVITY THE
MERCY OF GOD. THAT'S A LIVING
ROOM.
>> ERDOGAN WOULD ONLY THING
THAT I CAN SAY.
>> SO WE CELEBRATE ALL OF OUR
VETERANS EVERY DAY BECAUSE
EVERY DAY IS VETERANS DAY IN
FAYETTEVILLE, GILBERT BAYS,
WRAL, NEWS.
>> WHAT AN INCREDIBLE LIFE
STORY. ANOTHER GREAT STORY BY
GILBERT AS WELL. BUT THE MAN
WAITED UNTIL HE WAS AT 90 YEARS
OLD TO GET MARRIED. AND THAT'S
PART OF YOU. JUST START NEW
CHAPTERS. YOU NEVER YOU NEVER
STOP LIVING. YES. AND GETTING
SHOT IN THE FACE AND SEE IT
AND THEN GOING TO WORK
AFTERWARDS. IT INCREDIBLE.
AND THEY'RE STILL CELEBRATING
HIS LIFE. THE FAMILY IS
PLANNING ANOTHER BIG
CELEBRATION FOR THE ARMY
VETERANS. 100 IN SECOND
BIRTHDAY, WHICH IS RIGHT AROUND
THE CORNER SAY IT COMES UP ON
DECEMBER 7TH, WHICH ALSO