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 WWII service picture, age 26, 1944
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 France, 1945
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 Jack, James, Jim, and Ron, spring 1963
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Funeral Program
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James Peter Vandergriff, Jr.
Born: 16 Sept 1919
Died: 14 Nov 2004, Joplin, MO
Interred: IOOF Cemetery,
Neosho, MO
Age 6, Grade 1
He always told Ada that the
book was Twinkle, Twinkle,
Little Star.
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April 11, 1941
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Left to right: Jack, Jim, Ron; seated, James and Ada
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James P. Vandergriff, Jr., 85, Neosho, died at 2:05 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14, 2004, at Freeman Hospital, Joplin, following a lengthy illness.
Mr. Vandergriff was born Sept. 16, 1919, in Knoxville, Tenn., and moved to the area as a child. He served in the United States Infantry during World War II, served in the European Theatre and received the Purple Heart.
He worked as a brick mason and was a member of the Neosho United Methodist Church.
James married Ada Lyster on April 11, 1941, in Seneca and she survives. Additional survivors include two sons, James Robert Vandergriff, Joplin, and Ronald L. Vandergriff, Neosho; two brothers, Ernest Vandergriff and
Eugene Vandergriff, both of Neosho; two sisters, Bernice Johansen, of the state of Washington, and Helen Hill, of the state of California; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death
by a son, Jack Vandergriff, in January 2004; and three brothers.
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Photo albums from Ada Vandergriff of Jack, Jim, and Ron Vandergriff, 1942-1964+
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