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Jeff
Riffle
December 24, 1947 - December 26, 2019 |
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Mr. Jeffrey Melvin Lee Riffle, age 72 of Hiawassee,
Georgia passed away on Thursday, December 26, 2019.
Jeffrey “Jeff” Melvin Lee Riffle was born in Maryland on
Christmas Eve 1947, but spent most of his childhood and
young adult years in Broward County, Florida. He
graduated with the Class of 1965 from Stranahan High
School in Fort Lauderdale and upon graduation joined the
Air Force where he served with Security and Air Police.
He was honorably discharged in June 1973. After his
military service, Jeff joined Plantation Police
Department in Plantation, FL. He worked the Broward
County Drug Initiative under Nick Navarro, and was named
“Policeman of the Year” for his undercover work. He was
first promoted to Sergeant and then Lieutenant where he
was a founding member and led the first SWAT Team in the
city. After 30 years of police service, Jeff retired and
relocated to Murphy, NC, the birthplace of his mother.
In June 2019, he and his family moved into their new
home in Hiawassee, GA. He is survived by his wife of 37
years, Dulcie Ann Riffle and his two sons Eric Jeffrey
Riffle and Cody Leman Riffle. He also leaves behind his
sister Sandra Levy, sister-in-law R. Susan Riffle and
nieces Kim (Boals) Pushkin, Sandy Riffle, Kristen
(Riffle) Hawkins, Lauren (Riffle) Brown and Ellie (Levy)
Bernstein . He was preceded in death by his brother,
William John Riffle, his niece Jennifer Boals and his parents, Leman “Mel” Riffle
and Margaret Hazel Holland. Services will be held at
3:00 pm on Thursday, January 2, 2020 at South Florida
National Cemetery in Lake Worth, Florida with Military
Honors presented by The United States Air Force. |
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