Born in Marksville in Avoyelles Parish, he was a son of Alfred Martin Gremillion (1941-1925) and the former Hermentine Bonnette (1846-1930).Educated privately in elementary school, he graduated from Marksville High School and [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans]], from which he received his law degree in 1905. He was a law clerk for Olivier Otis Provosty (1854-1924), a Louisiana Supreme Court justice from 1920 to 1922. In 1906, Gremillion settled in Crowley in Acadia Parish near [[Lafayette]]. He was the 15th Judicial District Attorney from 1924 to 1936 and the Louisiana Secretary of State from 1940 to 1944.<ref name=wikitree>{{cite web|url=https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gremillion-131|title=James Albert Gremillion|publisher=Wikitree.com|accessdate=September 8, 2019}}</ref> | Born in Marksville in Avoyelles Parish, he was a son of Alfred Martin Gremillion (1941-1925) and the former Hermentine Bonnette (1846-1930).Educated privately in elementary school, he graduated from Marksville High School and [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans]], from which he received his law degree in 1905. He was a law clerk for Olivier Otis Provosty (1854-1924), a Louisiana Supreme Court justice from 1920 to 1922. In 1906, Gremillion settled in Crowley in Acadia Parish near [[Lafayette]]. He was the 15th Judicial District Attorney from 1924 to 1936 and the Louisiana Secretary of State from 1940 to 1944.<ref name=wikitree>{{cite web|url=https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gremillion-131|title=James Albert Gremillion|publisher=Wikitree.com|accessdate=September 8, 2019}}</ref> |