William Barwick "Billy" Griffin, LDS ID LX3R-DC4, was the son of Susie Winifred Barwick, KZCJ-SJV (1874-1948), and Asa Thomas Griffin, K46Q-RM7 (1867-1950).
He married at age 24 in St. Paul Methodist Church, Goldsboro, Wayne Co., North Carolina, September 6, 1941, Elsie Dean Reynolds, age 24, G4P6-NSG (b. 1917, d. 2004). Elsie was the daughter of Nellie Cook (b. 1895) and Lattie Richardson Reynolds (1895-1960).
Billy Griffin was born in Goldsboro and stayed there all his life. The son of A. T. Griffin who owned a lumber manufacturing plant, Billy learned the skills of a hands-on carpenter and tree farmer as a boy during the depression. He graduated from NCSU with a BS in 1942. In WWII he served as a Naval Photographic Intelligence Officer in the Pacific. He was one of the first people to see the results of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. After the war, he worked at his father's lumber mill and studied briefly under Dean Henry Kamphoefner at the NCSU School of Design. He opened an architectural office in Goldsboro in 1949.
Although he designed many houses, including the Lincoln and Fairview homes area of Goldsboro, his primary focus was in public schools. He was Mayor Pro Tem of Goldsboro. Griffin was a strong proponent of passive solar and incorporated it in all of his projects. He enjoyed flying and was a private pilot. After retirement, he spent time sailing and working on his tree farm.
Billy and Elsie had three children.
From LDS Family Search and NCModernish https://www.ncmodernist.org/griffin.htm.
He married at age 24 in St. Paul Methodist Church, Goldsboro, Wayne Co., North Carolina, September 6, 1941, Elsie Dean Reynolds, age 24, G4P6-NSG (b. 1917, d. 2004). Elsie was the daughter of Nellie Cook (b. 1895) and Lattie Richardson Reynolds (1895-1960).
Billy Griffin was born in Goldsboro and stayed there all his life. The son of A. T. Griffin who owned a lumber manufacturing plant, Billy learned the skills of a hands-on carpenter and tree farmer as a boy during the depression. He graduated from NCSU with a BS in 1942. In WWII he served as a Naval Photographic Intelligence Officer in the Pacific. He was one of the first people to see the results of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. After the war, he worked at his father's lumber mill and studied briefly under Dean Henry Kamphoefner at the NCSU School of Design. He opened an architectural office in Goldsboro in 1949.
Although he designed many houses, including the Lincoln and Fairview homes area of Goldsboro, his primary focus was in public schools. He was Mayor Pro Tem of Goldsboro. Griffin was a strong proponent of passive solar and incorporated it in all of his projects. He enjoyed flying and was a private pilot. After retirement, he spent time sailing and working on his tree farm.
Billy and Elsie had three children.
From LDS Family Search and NCModernish https://www.ncmodernist.org/griffin.htm.
William Barwick "Billy" Griffin, LDS ID LX3R-DC4, was the son of Susie Winifred Barwick, KZCJ-SJV (1874-1948), and Asa Thomas Griffin, K46Q-RM7 (1867-1950).
He married at age 24 in St. Paul Methodist Church, Goldsboro, Wayne Co., North Carolina, September 6, 1941, Elsie Dean Reynolds, age 24, G4P6-NSG (b. 1917, d. 2004). Elsie was the daughter of Nellie Cook (b. 1895) and Lattie Richardson Reynolds (1895-1960).
Billy Griffin was born in Goldsboro and stayed there all his life. The son of A. T. Griffin who owned a lumber manufacturing plant, Billy learned the skills of a hands-on carpenter and tree farmer as a boy during the depression. He graduated from NCSU with a BS in 1942. In WWII he served as a Naval Photographic Intelligence Officer in the Pacific. He was one of the first people to see the results of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. After the war, he worked at his father's lumber mill and studied briefly under Dean Henry Kamphoefner at the NCSU School of Design. He opened an architectural office in Goldsboro in 1949.
Although he designed many houses, including the Lincoln and Fairview homes area of Goldsboro, his primary focus was in public schools. He was Mayor Pro Tem of Goldsboro. Griffin was a strong proponent of passive solar and incorporated it in all of his projects. He enjoyed flying and was a private pilot. After retirement, he spent time sailing and working on his tree farm.
Billy and Elsie had three children.
From LDS Family Search and NCModernish https://www.ncmodernist.org/griffin.htm.
He married at age 24 in St. Paul Methodist Church, Goldsboro, Wayne Co., North Carolina, September 6, 1941, Elsie Dean Reynolds, age 24, G4P6-NSG (b. 1917, d. 2004). Elsie was the daughter of Nellie Cook (b. 1895) and Lattie Richardson Reynolds (1895-1960).
Billy Griffin was born in Goldsboro and stayed there all his life. The son of A. T. Griffin who owned a lumber manufacturing plant, Billy learned the skills of a hands-on carpenter and tree farmer as a boy during the depression. He graduated from NCSU with a BS in 1942. In WWII he served as a Naval Photographic Intelligence Officer in the Pacific. He was one of the first people to see the results of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. After the war, he worked at his father's lumber mill and studied briefly under Dean Henry Kamphoefner at the NCSU School of Design. He opened an architectural office in Goldsboro in 1949.
Although he designed many houses, including the Lincoln and Fairview homes area of Goldsboro, his primary focus was in public schools. He was Mayor Pro Tem of Goldsboro. Griffin was a strong proponent of passive solar and incorporated it in all of his projects. He enjoyed flying and was a private pilot. After retirement, he spent time sailing and working on his tree farm.
Billy and Elsie had three children.
From LDS Family Search and NCModernish https://www.ncmodernist.org/griffin.htm.
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