Walter Griffin

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I enjoy working with others to collect Family History data and help to solve mix-ups of Records. Have uploaded little to date to Find A Grave, but have signed up to find graves, take pictures and submit them, as I learn the need.
I'm much interested in Genealogy; since 1991, good success collecting family records; 5 Family Articles published in County History Books in GA, NC, TN and IN. Since 2006, Records Research on computer with RootsMagic; on internet with Ancestry, Archives, Family Search and Find A Grave.
Born 1926 in Morgan, Calhoun County, Georgia. Graduated from Morgan High School in 1943.
Student at Auburn University, 1943---1947; Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity member since 1944; BS degree in Electrical Engineering Dec 1947.
Cadet in Army Air Force March---December 1945; Basic Training at Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, Texas; worked on systems for remote control of guns on B-29s at Lowery Field, Denver, Colorado.
A 40 year career with TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)1948---1988 as Electrical, Instrument, and Nuclear Engineer in Chattanooga, Oak Ridge, and Knoxville, Tennessee.
Married Mary Jane Ragsdale Jan 1951 at First Christian Church in Knoxville, TN. 3 sons: Vince, wife Bekki, son Travis, wife Tina, son Ethan; Glenn, not married; Edwin, wife Carolyn, dau Sophia, son Eli.

I enjoy working with others to collect Family History data and help to solve mix-ups of Records. Have uploaded little to date to Find A Grave, but have signed up to find graves, take pictures and submit them, as I learn the need.
I'm much interested in Genealogy; since 1991, good success collecting family records; 5 Family Articles published in County History Books in GA, NC, TN and IN. Since 2006, Records Research on computer with RootsMagic; on internet with Ancestry, Archives, Family Search and Find A Grave.
Born 1926 in Morgan, Calhoun County, Georgia. Graduated from Morgan High School in 1943.
Student at Auburn University, 1943---1947; Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity member since 1944; BS degree in Electrical Engineering Dec 1947.
Cadet in Army Air Force March---December 1945; Basic Training at Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, Texas; worked on systems for remote control of guns on B-29s at Lowery Field, Denver, Colorado.
A 40 year career with TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)1948---1988 as Electrical, Instrument, and Nuclear Engineer in Chattanooga, Oak Ridge, and Knoxville, Tennessee.
Married Mary Jane Ragsdale Jan 1951 at First Christian Church in Knoxville, TN. 3 sons: Vince, wife Bekki, son Travis, wife Tina, son Ethan; Glenn, not married; Edwin, wife Carolyn, dau Sophia, son Eli.

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