David Wayne Griffith

David Wayne Griffith, 60, West Plains, Missouri, passed away at 00:08 a.m., Saturday, December 25, 2021, at Ozarks Healthcare.

He was born May 20, 1961 at Garden City, Kansas, to George Griffith and Gae Chandler.  On June 10, 2016, he was married at West Plains, Missouri, to Treasa Morris.  David loved to deer hunt and have bonfires with family and friends.  He was a member of South Fork Church where he played the drums for the worship team.  He loved his church family.  Mr. Griffith was a very loving husband, stepfather, and grandpa.  He was known as Gimpy to all five of his grandkids.

He is survived by his loving wife, Treasa; three stepchildren, Andrea Bates and husband, David, West Plains, Missouri, Justin Stepp, West Plains, Missouri, and Tiffany Millner and husband, Tyler, South Carolina; five grandkids, Nova, Bentley, and Maverick Stepp, and Archer and Amari Millner; mother, Gae Chandler, West Plains, Missouri; one brother, Bruce Drussel and significant other, Low Smith, Willow Springs, Missouri; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Larry and Catherine Morris, Caulfield, Missouri; and several cousins, nieces, and nephews.

His father, George Griffith, two sisters, Colleen and Kathy, one brother, Randall, grandparents, and several aunts and uncles, preceded him in death.  

There will be a Celebration of Life at a later date.