Avoca Texas

Copyright 1999 by James Lantrip

W. B. Griffith is the person with the mustache

Earl Griffith was in the Avoca post office one day. [ Earl died in 5/23/1982, so this was sometime before that date] On the wall of the post office was a picture and article about the Avoca post office. The article had a picture of 2 men in front of the post office on motor bikes. A third person can be seen inside the doorway of the post office. The article stated one of the men, William Bragg Griffith, was the 1st postal carrier in Avoca. Earl contacted a woman working in the post office and told her that this was his grandfather. Some time later, Earl got a copy of the picture, or the article, in the mail. This kind person  had it copied for him. William Bragg [Bill] Griffith was born somewhere in Mississippi 1/13/1870. [trying to find where] His mother was Amanda Bragg Griffith and believe it is she who is buried in the Spring Creek Cemetery. His father was I believe Joe E Griffith, but I have been having a hard time finding records here in Picayune MS to research Texas. Have not found a Joe E. Griffith here in Mississippi, but that does not mean much, need to know where in MS they lived, still searching!! Bill Griffith married Mary Ella Moore in Jones Co on 12/19/1888. They had 5 children.

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