When Ewell Virgil Griffin was born on 17 October 1909, in Coffee, Alabama, United States, his father, William Lafayette Griffin, was 27 and his mother, Audie Franklin Thomas, was 22. He had at least 1 daughter. He lived in Geneva, Alabama, United States in 1910 and Election Precinct 8 Grant, Coffee, Alabama, United States for about 20 years. He died on 13 October 1994, in Enterprise, Coffee, Alabama, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Dale, Alabama, United States.