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==Background==
==Background==
Griffon was born and reared in Plaquemine, the seat of government for Iberville Parish south of Baton Rouge. His paternal grandfather, Charles A. Griffon, Jr., was a [[sheriff]] of Iberville Parish for sixteen years until he was unseated in 1964 by then 31-year-old Jessel Mitchell Ourso, Sr. (1932-1978).<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show'', August 17, 2010.</ref> His maternal grandfather, Matherine J. "Matt" Berthelot (1904–1985), originally from Morganza in Pointe Coupee Parish, owned and operated a Shell Oil service station in Plaquemine.<ref name=berthelot>Matherine J. "Matt" Berthelot obituary, ''The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate'', June 7, 1985, p. 12C.ref> Griffon's father, Charles Thomas "Tommy" Griffon (November 1, 1935 – December 14, 2017)) of Plaquemine, served an unexpired term as an Iberville Parish police juror and was employed for thirty-four years at Dow Chemical Company in Baton Rouge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=charles-t-tommy-griffon&pid=187541102|title=Charles T. "Tommy" Griffon obituary|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=December 15, 2017|accessdate=February 14, 2018}}</ref>
Griffon was born and reared in Plaquemine, the seat of government for Iberville Parish south of Baton Rouge. His paternal grandfather, Charles A. Griffon, Jr., was a [[sheriff]] of Iberville Parish for sixteen years until he was unseated in 1964 by then 31-year-old Jessel Mitchell Ourso, Sr. (1932-1978).<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show'', August 17, 2010.</ref> His maternal grandfather, Matherine J. "Matt" Berthelot (1904–1985), originally from Morganza in Pointe Coupee Parish, owned and operated a Shell Oil service station in Plaquemine.<ref name=berthelot>Matherine J. "Matt" Berthelot obituary, ''The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate'', June 7, 1985, p. 12C.</ref> Griffon's father, Charles Thomas "Tommy" Griffon (November 1, 1935 – December 14, 2017)) of Plaquemine, served an unexpired term as an Iberville Parish police juror and was employed for thirty-four years at Dow Chemical Company in Baton Rouge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=charles-t-tommy-griffon&pid=187541102|title=Charles T. "Tommy" Griffon obituary|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=December 15, 2017|accessdate=February 14, 2018}}</ref>
Griffon's mother, the former Dorothy Ann "Dot" Berthelot (born January 9, 1936), is one of four children of Matt Berthelot and the former Nethla Morales.<ref name=berthelot/> Griffon has two brothers, Steven Thomas Griffon (born 1957) and Kurt Joseph Griffon (born 1962), and two sisters, Karen Faye Griffon Shipp (born 1958), formerly Carolyn Leach, and Suzanne Marie Griffon Lestage (born 1964).<ref name=ancestry>{{cite web|url=http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/LAORLEAN/2002-06/1024537432|title=LAORLEAN-L Archives|publisher=rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=December 21, 2012}}</ref> His brother-in-law, attorney Brian Steele Lestage (born December 1961), a Republican,<ref>{{cite web|url=
Griffon's mother, the former Dorothy Ann "Dot" Berthelot (born January 9, 1936), is one of four children of Matt Berthelot and the former Nethla Morales.<ref name=berthelot/> Griffon has two brothers, Steven Thomas Griffon (born 1957) and Kurt Joseph Griffon (born 1962), and two sisters, Karen Faye Griffon Shipp (born 1958), formerly Carolyn Leach, and Suzanne Marie Griffon Lestage (born 1964).<ref name=ancestry>{{cite web|url=http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/LAORLEAN/2002-06/1024537432|title=LAORLEAN-L Archives|publisher=rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=December 21, 2012}}</ref> His brother-in-law, attorney Brian Steele Lestage (born December 1961), a Republican,<ref>{{cite web|url=