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Baby Johnny
Johnny, age 5
Johnny & Mildred Griffith
Johnny
1932
John and Mabel Miller
John with his first wife Moselle Davis
John & Moselle had one son whom they named John Lee. This ended the Griffith tradition of the first son of the first son being named alternatly John and William.
John Lee Griffith,
born July 25, 1937
John and second wife Evelyn Overman
Sgt. John L. Griffith was highly decorated for valor during WWII
John in France during WWII
I have no information on Johnny's first wife Moselle Davis. I remember they ran a small family grocery store in Garrett, Indiana and that he worked for a rubber company there.
He married a Jasonville girl, Evelyn Overman, the daughter of Bert Overman, on April 3, 1941. They had five children as follows:
Larry, born March 11, 1942
Sharon, born February 15, 1944
Shirley, born September 29, sorry do not know year
Dorothy, born October 3, 1951
Ronald Gene, born January 25, 1954

Johnny and Evelyn were divorced on January 17, 1964. Neither of them ever remarried.
John L. Griffith Family
L to R - John, Shirley, Sharon, Larry, Evelyn (wife), Ronald & Dorothy
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