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Griffon received his nickname "Moon" because as a small boy he particularly enjoyed the [[Andy Williams]] song "Moon River".<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show'', February 4, 2014.</ref> He graduated in 1979 from [[Roman Catholic]]-affiliated Redemptorist High School in Baton Rouge, which has since closed.<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show'', January 25, 2013.</ref> He was then recruited by coach and later athletic director Benny Hollis (1939–2011) to the University of Louisiana at Monroe to play [[basketball]].<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show'', March 14, 2011.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thenewsstar/obituary.aspx?n=benny-hollis&pid=149330852|title=Benny Hollis obituary|publisher=''The Monroe News Star'', March 14, 2011|accessdate=March 14, 2011}}</ref> Griffon subsequently graduated in 1983 from ULM, then known as Northeast Louisiana University. On his radio program on May 13, 2009, Griffon revealed that he had kept a pistol for protection in his ULM dormitory<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show'', May 13, 2009.</ref> In 2013, Griffon said on his program that he owns weapons but has never been compelled to use one for either personal or family protection.<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show'', February 20, 2013.</ref>

Griffon received his nickname "Moon" because as a small boy he particularly enjoyed the [[Andy Williams]] song "Moon River".<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show'', February 4, 2014.</ref> He graduated in 1979 from [[Roman Catholic]]-affiliated Redemptorist High School in Baton Rouge, which has since closed.<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show'', January 25, 2013.</ref> He was then recruited by coach and later athletic director Benny Hollis (1939–2011) to the University of Louisiana at Monroe to play [[basketball]].<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show'', March 14, 2011.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thenewsstar/obituary.aspx?n=benny-hollis&pid=149330852|title=Benny Hollis obituary|publisher=''The Monroe News Star'', March 14, 2011|accessdate=March 14, 2011}}</ref> Griffon subsequently graduated in 1983 from ULM, then known as Northeast Louisiana University. On his radio program on May 13, 2009, Griffon revealed that he had kept a pistol for protection in his ULM dormitory<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show'', May 13, 2009.</ref> In 2013, Griffon said on his program that he owns weapons but has never been compelled to use one for either personal or family protection.<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show'', February 20, 2013.</ref>

Griffon is divorced from the former Connie Rene Moseley (born March 1962).<ref name=ancestry/> She remarried and is now known as Connie M. Pace. Griffon has two sons from his first marriage, Daniel Blain Griffon (born 1987),<ref name=ancestry/> like his father a graduate of the University of Louisiana at Monroe, and Derek Charles Griffon (born 1989), a graduate of Northwestern State University in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.facebook.com/derek.griffon#!/photo.php?fbid=3639638108836&set=a.3639638028834.2136260.1210770129&type=1&theater|title=Derek Griffon|publisher=facebook.com|accessdate=December 21, 2012}}</ref> In December 2012, Daniel Griffon wed the former Elizabeth Morgan Ernst; both are from Monroe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thelegalrecorder.com/files/47_12-19-2012.pdf|title=''Ouachita Legal News'', December 19, 2012|publisher=thelegalrecorder.com|accessdate=January 25, 2013}}</ref>

Griffon is divorced from the former Connie Rene Moseley (born March 1962).<ref name=ancestry/> She remarried and is now known as Connie M. Pace. Griffon has two sons from his first marriage, Daniel Blain Griffon (born 1987),<ref name=ancestry/> like his father a graduate of the University of Louisiana at Monroe, and Derek Charles Griffon (born 1989), a graduate of Northwestern State University in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/derek.griffon#!/photo.php?fbid=3639638108836&set=a.3639638028834.2136260.1210770129&type=1&theater|title=Derek Griffon|publisher=facebook.com|accessdate=December 21, 2012}}</ref> In December 2012, Daniel Griffon wed the former Elizabeth Morgan Ernst; both are from Monroe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thelegalrecorder.com/files/47_12-19-2012.pdf|title=''Ouachita Legal News'', December 19, 2012|publisher=thelegalrecorder.com|accessdate=January 25, 2013}}</ref>

His second wife is the former Tonia Lou Digirolamo (born April 1963), a nurse. She is the daughter of Joseph John  "Joe" Digirolamo (1928-2018) of Greenwell Springs in East Baton Rouge Parish, who was a decorated [[United States Navy]] sailor in [[World War II]], a winner of the Bronze Star, and a retiree of Kaiser Aluminum.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=joseph-john-digirolamo-joe&pid=189078879|title=Joseph John "Joe" Digirolamo obituary|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=May 22, 2018|accessdate=May 23, 2018}}</ref> Her mother, the former Lucille "Mama Lou" Mondart, worked as a secretary for the Greenwell Springs Baptist Church and died in 2011 at the age of eighty-five.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=lucille-digirolamo&pid=153616918|title=Lucille "Mama Lou" Digirolamo|publisher=legacy.com|accessdate=November 20, 2013}}</ref> From the second marriage, Griffon has two children, including a son, Andrew Walker Griffon (born 2001), and daughter, Mattie (born 1996), whom Griffon frequently mentions on his program regarding  her special needs. He attributes his move to Lafayette in large part to address Mattie's special needs.<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show'', June 23, 2014</ref>  

His second wife is the former Tonia Lou Digirolamo (born April 1963), a nurse. She is the daughter of Joseph John  "Joe" Digirolamo (1928-2018) of Greenwell Springs in East Baton Rouge Parish, who was a decorated [[United States Navy]] sailor in [[World War II]], a winner of the Bronze Star, and a retiree of Kaiser Aluminum.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=joseph-john-digirolamo-joe&pid=189078879|title=Joseph John "Joe" Digirolamo obituary|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=May 22, 2018|accessdate=May 23, 2018}}</ref> Her mother, the former Lucille "Mama Lou" Mondart, worked as a secretary for the Greenwell Springs Baptist Church and died in 2011 at the age of eighty-five.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=lucille-digirolamo&pid=153616918|title=Lucille "Mama Lou" Digirolamo|publisher=legacy.com|accessdate=November 20, 2013}}</ref> From the second marriage, Griffon has two children, including a son, Andrew Walker Griffon (born 2001), and daughter, Mattie (born 1996), whom Griffon frequently mentions on his program regarding  her special needs. He attributes his move to Lafayette in large part to address Mattie's special needs.<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show'', June 23, 2014</ref>