ALBA – Memorial services for Clifford Columbus Graham, Jr., 68, of Alba, will be held by the family at New Hope Baptist Church, Mineola, at 2 p.m. on Saturday, September 27, 2014. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba.
Mr. Graham passed away Saturday, September 20, 2014, in a Tyler hospice facility.
Mr. Graham was born November 2, 1945, in El Paso County, Texas, to the late Clifford Columbus Graham, Sr. and Martha Ables Graham. He served his country in the Navy. He was a cowboy, roughneck, truck driver, and farmer. He and his family had lived in the Alba area for 40 years.
He is survived by three sons and daughters-in-law, Clifford Columbus Graham, III and wife, Deana, of Andrews, Teddy Graham and wife, Roxie, of Alba, and Aaron Graham and wife, Anna, of Alba; two daughters and sons-in-law, Martha Lane and husband, John, of Alba, and Jerri Brassfield and husband, Jimmy, of Alba; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Patsy and Gene Worsham of Palestine and Cinda and William Butcher of Oklahoma; special niece, Ann Lowry of Quitman; 11 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren; and numerous other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Clifford and Martha Graham; wife, Billie Graham; son, Cary Graham, and brother, Houston Edward Graham.