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James
2012
James Alfred Graham
September 6, 1930 — June 10, 2012
Services for James Alfred Graham, Jr. of Nashville will be held Thursday, June 14, 2012 at 1:00 pm at Shackelford Funeral Chapel in Waynesboro with Brother Craig Mason officiating. Interment with Masonic Rites will follow at Philadelphia Baptist Church Cemetery on Hwy 64 west of Waynesboro.
Visitation will be Thursday from 10:30 am until 12:45 pm at the funeral home.
Mr. Graham died Sunday, June 10, 2012 at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville at the age of 81 Years, 9 Months, 4 Days.He was born September 6, 1930 in Denver, Humphreys County, TN, the son of the late James Alfred Graham, Sr. and Ella Katherine Bramlett Graham. In addition to his parents, Mr. Graham was preceded in death by a sister, Doris Jean Graham Oakley. Mr. Graham was raised in Wayne County and graduated from Frank Hughes High School in 1949. He was a Korean War veteran serving from 1949-1953 in the US Navy aboard the USS Curtiss and also in the Naval Reserves, SeaBee’s from 1963-1967. He was an engineer for the Tennessee Department of Transportation for 54 years, a Mason for 54 years and a member of Clifton Lodge 173 and a member of Crievewood Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Mary Odelle Warren Graham of Nashville, two children; a son, James Alfred Graham III and wife Elizabeth of Biloxi, MS; a daughter, Kathryn Jane Graham Craig and husband Mark of Brentwood, TN; granddaughter, Anna Kathryn Caroline Craig; step-grandchildren, John, David and Michael Wetzel; a sister, Mary Virginia Tinin of Clifton, TN; nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be Thursday from 10:30 am until 12:45 pm at the funeral home.
Mr. Graham died Sunday, June 10, 2012 at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville at the age of 81 Years, 9 Months, 4 Days.He was born September 6, 1930 in Denver, Humphreys County, TN, the son of the late James Alfred Graham, Sr. and Ella Katherine Bramlett Graham. In addition to his parents, Mr. Graham was preceded in death by a sister, Doris Jean Graham Oakley. Mr. Graham was raised in Wayne County and graduated from Frank Hughes High School in 1949. He was a Korean War veteran serving from 1949-1953 in the US Navy aboard the USS Curtiss and also in the Naval Reserves, SeaBee’s from 1963-1967. He was an engineer for the Tennessee Department of Transportation for 54 years, a Mason for 54 years and a member of Clifton Lodge 173 and a member of Crievewood Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Mary Odelle Warren Graham of Nashville, two children; a son, James Alfred Graham III and wife Elizabeth of Biloxi, MS; a daughter, Kathryn Jane Graham Craig and husband Mark of Brentwood, TN; granddaughter, Anna Kathryn Caroline Craig; step-grandchildren, John, David and Michael Wetzel; a sister, Mary Virginia Tinin of Clifton, TN; nieces and nephews.
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