*Please Note: A graveside committal service will take place on Saturday, July 2nd at 4 pm in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, MA. Carroll Potter Griffith Jr., 84, passed away on Friday, March 4, 2016 in Dallas, Texas. Known also by nicknames "Grif" or "Peter," he is survived by his wife of 58 years, Patricia Griffith, of Dallas, Texas. Born March 8, 1931 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Peter was the only child of the late Carroll Potter Griffith Sr and Helen Danforth Griffith formerly of Wellesley, Massachusetts. Carroll was a proud Veteran who served as First Lieutenant in the United States Army, Field Artillery Unit based at Fort Benning, Georgia. He was a great conversationalist with a dry sense of humor who enjoyed politics and current events, Civil War and Early American history, baseball, New England lighthouses and old steam engine trains. Carroll grew up in Watertown, Massachusetts in the midst of the Great Depression and World War II. He went on to graduate from Harvard University and Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with degrees in Government and Finance. While in Business school, he went on a blind date with a Bryn Mawr student, Patricia Joanne Evans of Altadena, California. Soon thereafter, they were married in December 1957 and began a life together on Staten Island, New York. Carroll started his career in Banking at the Morgan Guaranty Trust Company in New York City. Peter and Pat were active members of the newly formed Conservative Party of New York state and campaigned for numerous local and national candidates including William F. Buckley Jr.'s 1965 Mayoral campaign, all of which sparked an enduring zeal for politics and the election process, both locally and nationally. After eight years, Carroll transferred to Boston, Massachusetts to begin working at New England Merchants Bank (later Bank of New England) where he was President of the Investment Services Division. It is during this time that he and his wife settled into the historic towns of Concord and Bedford, Massachusetts where they started their family. Those years were filled with so many dear friends and neighbors whose lasting friendships were greatly treasured throughout the passage of time and distance. Carroll went on to become the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston. He also held a position on the Board of Directors at the Concord Cooperative Bank in Concord, Massachusetts. After several years of religious studies, Carroll converted to Catholicism in 1992 and joined Holy Family Parish in Concord, Massachusetts. He was appointed by the Archbishop of Boston to serve on the Investment Advisory Committee for the Archdiocese. In June 1993, Carroll was honored by the invitation to attend the 45th International Eucharistic Congress in Spain with Saint John Paul II. In his retirement, he devoted his time to volunteering on various Councils and numerous committees at Holy Family Parish. Carroll is also survived by his daughter, Stacie Slayton (Griffith) Blazek and her husband, Philip, of Dallas, Texas and his son, Evan Potter Griffith of Dallas, Texas; his two grandchildren, Luke Griffith Blazek and Juliana Cecilia Blazek. Visitation will be at Sparkman Richardson Funeral Home on Thursday evening, March 10th from 6-8pm with recitation of the Rosary being led by Deacon Ken Reisor beginning at 6pm. A Funeral Mass will be held on Friday, March 11th at 9:30am at St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Dallas, Texas, presided by Fr John Libone. A graveside committal service will take place on Saturday, July 2nd at 4 pm in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord. Local arrangements are under the care of the Dee Funeral Home of Concord.