{"id":30895,"date":"2026-02-17T14:19:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T20:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=30895"},"modified":"2026-02-19T07:29:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T13:29:44","slug":"philip-layne-griffith-58-of-hidalgo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/30895-philip-layne-griffith-58-of-hidalgo\/","title":{"rendered":"Philip Layne Griffith (58) of Hidalgo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Philip Layne Griffith, age 58, of Hidalgo, Illinois, passed away at 9:43 PM \u2013 Wednesday, February 11, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>A service celebrating Philip\u2019s life will held at 11:00 AM \u2013 Saturday, February 28, 2026, at the Plainfield Church east of Rose Hill, Illinois, with Tom Matson officiating. A private burial will be in the Songer Cemetery south of Rose Hill, Illinois. Arrangements are under the care of the Meyer Funeral Home \u2013 Bishop Chapel in Greenup, Illinois. In loving memory of Philip, memorials may be made to the Meyer Funeral Home. The obituary can be viewed and condolences left at www.meyerfh.com.<\/p>\n<p>Philip was born on March 26, 1967, in Effingham, Illinois, the son of Glen Eugene and Ruth Frances (Chapman) Griffith. Philip worked in the oil field for many years and enjoyed fishing and helping others.<\/p>\n<p>Philip is survived by: Brother \u2013 Jeffery Griffith of Rose Hill, Illinois<\/p>\n<p>Philip was preceded in death by his parents, brothers Stephen Chapman, Lynn Griffith, Bradley Griffith and Larry Griffith.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Philip died on Wednesday, February 11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":30896,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Philip Layne Griffith (58) of Hidalgo - Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/30895-philip-layne-griffith-58-of-hidalgo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Philip Layne Griffith (58) of Hidalgo - 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