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'''Bobbie Ray Griffin,''' known as '''Rip Griffin''' (1929-2017), was a businessman and philanthropist in Lubbock, [[Texas]]. The Rip Griffin Center at Lubbock Christian University is named in his honor.
{{Infobox person
|name=Bobbie Ray "Rip" Griffin
|birth_date=September 23, 1929
|birth_place=Matador, Motley County<br>[[Texas]]
|death_date=June 7, 2017
|death_place=Lubbock, Texas
|religion=[[Church of Christ]]
|spouse=Geneva Griffin
|party=
}}
'''Bobbie Ray Griffin,''' known as '''Rip Griffin''' (September 23, 1929 – June 7, 2017), was a [[business]]man and philanthropist in Lubbock, [[Texas]]. The Rip Griffin Center at Lubbock Christian University is named in his honor.
Griffin was born into poverty in rural Matador east of Lubbock in Motley County in West Texas. As a boy he delivered newspapers. After working as a truck driver, he built a truck stop in Lubbock which expanded to multiple outlets across the American West. Griffin was also invested in [[petroleum]], fuel wholesaling, and truck dealerships.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/lubbockonline/obituary.aspx?n=bobbie-ray-griffin-rip&pid=185787109|title=Bobbie Griffifn obituary|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=June 13, 2017|accessdate=June 14, 2017}}</ref>
Griffin was born into poverty in rural Matador east of Lubbock in Motley County in West Texas. As a boy he delivered newspapers. After working as a truck driver, he built a truck stop in Lubbock which expanded to multiple outlets across the American West. Griffin was also invested in [[petroleum]], fuel wholesaling, and truck dealerships.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/lubbockonline/obituary.aspx?n=bobbie-ray-griffin-rip&pid=185787109|title=Bobbie Griffifn obituary|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=June 13, 2017|accessdate=June 14, 2017}}</ref>
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