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• _AMTID: 162485318193:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: L5NQ-CPP
• _UID: 5E5F387811B645AB8A541485E8477999DC99
• Census: 5 Jun 1900, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
• Census: 20 Apr 1910, Clinton, Hinds, Mississippi, United States
• Military: 24 May 1917, Lumberton, Lamar, Mississippi, United States; registered for WWI draft
• Census: 6 Jan 1920, Prentiss, Jefferson Davis, Mississippi, United States
• Occupation: 1924, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States; Assistant Physical Education Director, YMCA
• Residence: 1924, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States; Address:
  4808 Junius
• Census: 8 Apr 1930, Clinton, Hinds, Mississippi, United States; Address:
  Leah St.
• Occupation: 8 Apr 1930, Clinton, Hinds, Mississippi, United States; college athletic director
• Residence: 13 May 1935, Gulfport, Harrison, Mississippi, United States; Address:
  Veterans Hospital

Notes:

Findagrave claims Griff's real name was Griffin.

Griff was named for Griff Callicut, a Baptist preacher and friend of his father.

Griff took a new job as athletic director in Hattiesburg, MS in 1930, but stays only a short time, resigning in March 1931. The newspaper had no real comment on his resignation. This may have been due to his health.

Military:
According to his headstone request, Griff enlisted 15 Aug 1917 and was discharged 26 May 1919. He served as a 2nd Lt. in the U.S. Army. 334 FA, 162 FA, 107 FA, 28 Div

Residence:
Mrs. J.A. Lee of Clinton is spending a month in Gulfport ... She is visiting her son, Griff C Lee, a patient at the Veterans Hospital.

Died:
MS Death Certificate 18594, Harrison County (number 24)

Buried:
FINDAGRAVE: http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=67038162

Griff married Lida Higgs on 24 Jun 1923 in Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States. Lida (daughter of John William Higgs and Eliza Johnson (Lida) Cason) was born on 30 Nov 1898 in Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States; died on 1 Sep 1974 in Rolling Fork, Sharkey, Mississippi, United States; was buried in Clinton, Hinds, Mississippi, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Griff Calicutt Lee, Jr. was born on 17 Aug 1926 in Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, United States; died on 3 Apr 2018 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States; was buried in Apr 2018 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

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• _AMTID: 162485318196:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: LVKC-KZ2
• _UID: F664A1C3BB7D4177B0BD492F3A8C3EF38A14

John married Lucy Jane Burnette about 1889. Lucy (daughter of Jeremiah Simmons Burnett) was born in 1861; died in 1946. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _AMTID: 162485315135:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: 94FP-H2D
• _UID: 0517C39BA5684B04A6B45AE84B97CFC8EB8F
• Residence: 1939, Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, United States

Notes:

From Find A Grave


Born to Jeremiah Simmons "Jerry" Burnett (1835-1915) & Alice Arseneth Bobo Burnett (1834-1918).

Lucy married Rev. John Austin Lee (1861-1933) about 1889.

Six children:
• Austin Webb Lee (1890-1954)
• Sarah Alice Lee McDade (1892-1986)
• Lillian Lee Burwell (1894-1972)
• Griffin Calicutt Lee (1896-1939)
• John Edwin Lee (1898-1970)
• James A. Lee (1903-after 1946 in Kenosha, WI)

Lucy Lee and her first cousin, Addie Cansler Massey, Memorial# 55584101, are both buried in the Clinton Cemetery. Their common maternal grandparents are Sampson Bobo, Memorial# 8318172, and Rebecca Woodruff Bobo, Memorial# 27048707.

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• _AMTID: 162485324151:1030:191555462
• _UID: 29C42036A02B4F9C8AA419F899576C67FB57

Notes:

See Find A Grave for a picture of Jerry in his CSA uniform and his service record.