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==Background==

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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 ].<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 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>

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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))</ref> of Plaquemine, served an unexpired term as an Iberville Parish police 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>

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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=

https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=3151505

|title=Brian S. Lestage, 70634, December 1961|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=February 14, 2018}}</ref> has been since July 2008 the clerk of court inDeRidder in Beauregard Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.laclerksofcourt.org/Parishs/Beauregardparish.htm|title=Louisiana Clerks of Court|publisher=laclerksofcourt.org|accessdate=May 21, 2013}}</ref><ref>''The Moon Griffon Show'', May 21, 2013.</ref>

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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>

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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 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>

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His second wife is the former Tonia Lou Digirolamo (born April 1963), a nurse ~~at a specialty hospital~~. She is the daughter of Joseph John Digirolamo of Greenwell Springs in East Baton Rouge Parish, and ~~the late~~ Lucille "Mama Lou" Digirolamo~~. She had~~ 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 meet Mattie's special needs.<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show'', June 23, 2014</ref>

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His second wife is the former Tonia Lou Digirolamo (born April 1963), a nurse. She is the daughter of Joseph John Digirolamo of Greenwell Springs in East Baton Rouge Parish and Lucille "Mama Lou" Digirolamo, who 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 meet Mattie's special needs.<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show'', June 23, 2014</ref>

He is an avid fisherman and frequently makes light on the radio program of his fishing success. Griffon was a caterer for nine years before he began his radio career.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> Griffon also addresses dinners and private gatherings as an entertainer and a motivational speaker.<ref name=autogenerated1 />

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