James Edward (Bozo) Graham of Waynesboro, TN, was born March 21, 1926 in Clifton, TN, the son of the late William Columbus Graham and Mary Hill Graham Holt. He was united in marriage to Ora Belle Conaway on September 7, 1946. and she preceded him in death on April 9, 2014.
Mr. Graham was retired from Genesco and was a United States Navy veteran of WW II. He departed this life on Friday, October 14, 2016 at Waynesboro Health and Rehab in Waynesboro, Tennessee at the age of 90 Years, 6 Months, 23 Days.
He is survived by sons, Eugene Graham and wife, Edith of Collinwood, TN, Jerry Graham and wife, Melissa of Guys, TN, Jimmy Graham and wife, Belinda of Waynesboro, TN; a daughter, Joyce Pulley and husband, Larry of Waynesboro, TN; grandchildren, Jennifer James and husband, Scott, Braden Graham, Brian Pulley and wife, Sharon and Tana Harmon; great-grandchildren, Cheyanne and Wyatt James and Chandler Harmon; several step-great-grandchildren; a sister, Bonnie Cooper of Lawrenceburg, TN and nieces and nephews.
Services will be Monday, October 17, 2016 at 1:00 PM at Shackelford Funeral Directors chapel, Waynesboro, Tennessee, with Cal Hampton officiating. Burial with military rites will follow in Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Clifton, Tennessee
with Shackelford Funeral Directors, Wayne County, directing. Pallbearers will be Brian Pulley, Braden Graham, Scott James, Eddie Culp, Wayne Prater, Fay Prater with honorary, Wyatt James, Jonathan Stricklin, Bobby Adkins, Chandler Harmon.
Visitation will be Sunday, October 16, 2016 from 6 pm to 9 pm and Monday, October 17, 2016 from 8 am until service time at the funeral home.