| Marvin Griffin AKA Samuel Marvin Griffin Born: 4-Sep-1907
Birthplace: Bainbridge, GA
Died: 13-Jun-1982
Location of death: Tallahassee, FL [1]
Cause of death: Cancer - Lung
Remains: Buried, Oak City Cemetery, Bainbridge, GA
Gender: Male
Religion: Presbyterian
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Politician
Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Governor of Georgia, 1955-59 Military service: US Army (1941-45, Lt. Col.)
[1] Memorial Hospital, Tallahassee, FL.
Father: Ernest Howard Griffin ("Pat", newspaper publisher, d. 1933)
Mother: Josie Butler
Wife: Mary Elizabeth Smith ("Lib", m. 1931, one daughter, one son)
Daughter: Patricia Ann
Son: Samuel Marvin, Jr.
Wife: Laura Jane Gibson
University: The Citadel (1929)
Administrator: Commandant of Cadets, Randolph-Macon Academy (1929-33)
Governor of Georgia (1955-59)
Lieutenant Governor of Georgia (1948-55)
Georgia State Official Adjutant General (1944-47)
Georgia State Official Executive Secretary to Gov. E. D. Rivers (1940)
Georgia State House of Representatives (1935-36)
Bainbridge Post-Searchlight Editor
American Legion
Fraternal Order of Eagles
Freemasonry
Lions Club
Loyal Order of Moose
Shriners
Sigma Delta Chi Honor Society
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Woodmen of the World
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