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|death_place=Lubbock, Texas
|death_place=Lubbock, Texas
|religion=[[Church of Christ]]
|religion=[[Church of Christ]]
|spouse=Geneva Griffin
|spouse=Geneva Griffin<br>
Children:<br>
David Griffin<br>
Julie Pointer<br>
Jill Patterson<br>
Suzanne Knipp<br>
Thirteen grandchildren
|party=
|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.
'''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 Griffin obituary|publisher=''The 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 Griffin obituary|publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=June 13, 2017|accessdate=June 14, 2017}}</ref>