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Buford and Carmen Griffith Retire For the past 42 years, Buford and Carmen Griffith have served the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Buford as a pastor, ministry leader and administrator; Carmen through her work as an elementary teacher and ministry leader; and together as partners in family ministries. Now, the Griffiths have officially retired but know God still has work for them. “You never know where God will take you next,” Buford says. “And though we may be retired, we know there is still work to be done.” Buford, who goes by Buddy, was born in Tanner, Ala., and raised in Louisville, Ky., as a second generation Adventist. He attended Oakwood College in Huntsville, Ala., in order to become a registered medical technologist, and it was at Oakwood where he met Carmen. A native of Puerto Rico, Carmen was a talented musician who was studying elementary education. As a part of the medical technologist program, Buford would spend his senior year at Kettering for training. Carmen and Buford married in 1970, and, after graduating, he continued to work at Kettering for eight years before being called full-time to the ministry. Buford became a pastor for the Allegheny West Conference, serving the several churches and districts before he was called to the Southwestern Union as a
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