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Monroe News-Star (Monroe, Louisiana) Friday - 13 February 1959 pg7
JAMES L. GRIFFIN DIES, FUNERAL RITES COMPLETE
James Lawton Griffin, Captain of the Monroe Fire Department and member of a prominent family, died early today in a local hospital. Funeral services will be held at 3 pm Saturday in the chapel of Peters Funeral Home with the Msgr. J. C. Marsh officiating. Interment will be in the Riverside Cemetery.
Born in Rumsey, Kentucky, June 19, 1903, Captain Griffin had been a resident of Monroe for the past 46 years. He joined the Monroe Fire Department on November 1, 1929, and on October 1, 1947, was promoted to the rank of Captain. He had also served as secretary of the Monroe Firemen Relief Fund for a number of years.
Captain Griffin is survived by his wife:
Mrs. Thelma Griffin
His Step-mother:
Mrs. Joyce Griffin Boyd
One son:
James E. Griffin
One sister:
Mrs. June Griffin Rubin
Two brothers:
Thomas Durwood Griffin
Howard D. Griffin
Five grandchildren
all of Monroe

Birth	10 Jun 1908	Rumsey, McLean County, Kentucky
Death	13 Feb 1959	Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
Burial		Riverview Cemetery, Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana

Spouse	Thelma Lee Brennon (1908 - 2003)
Child	Joyce Holloway Berry Griffin (1928 - 1959)
Child	James Everette Griffin (1932 - 2006)