Services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at Pleasant Valley Primitive Baptist Church with Elder Jeremiah Cunningham officiating. The family will receive friends on Monday, February 27, 2012 at Brooks Chapel in Canyon from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery, Amarillo, Texas. Austin Louie Griffin was born on September 6, 1927 in Donley County, Texas to Floyd and Opal Hicks Griffin. He married Oleta Hawley on February 7, 1947 in Amarillo. She preceded him in death in 2006. He was foreman for the Amarillo Livestock Auction and was a dozer operator for road construction. He was a member of Amarillo Primitive Baptist Church where he served as deacon. The family would like to thank the staff of the Hudson House for their love and care of Louie during his time there. Survivors include a son, Gary Griffin and wife, Teresa, of Amarillo; a daughter, Karen Newberry and husband, John, of Amarillo; a sister, Shirley Anderson and husband, Billy Ray, of Snyder, OK; nine grandchildren, Christina Clark and husband, Jay, of Littlerock, AR, Bethany Peters and husband, Michael, of McSherrystown, PA, Michele Stivers and husband, Philip, of Kempner, TX, Jimi Wilmeth and wife, Akaisha, of Amarillo, Brianne Schaffler and significant other, Vi Vidaurri, of Amarillo, Amber Perez and husband, Ronnie, of San Antonio, Brian Dillard, of Amarillo, Cindy Miller, of Lockhart, TX, and Johnny Newberry and wife, Shelby, of McKinney; and twenty-one great grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Odyssey Hospice, 6900 I40 West, Suite 150, Amarillo, Texas 79106.