Julia Graham
Posted: February 8, 2011
Julia Margaret Wilson Graham, age 99, died Friday, February 04, 2011 at Trinity Personal Care in Columbus. Services were held Monday, February 07, 2011 at 11:00 AM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Minister Tommy Holley officiating, burial will followed at Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Visitation was held at Memorial Funeral Home Sunday, February 06, 2011 from 4:00 PM until 6:00 PM Mrs. Graham was born on Monday, July 31, 1911in Webster County, MS to the late Homer N. and Rinnie Stafford Wilson. She was a member of East Columbus Church of Christ, a graduate of Phoebe High School, and a retired bookkeeper for F.W. Woolworth. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Dexter Bee Graham, her sister Cora Nisbett, and her brother Bill Wilson. Survivors include one daughter: Janice Graham Hollis (Clyde), Columbus, MS; one son: Jimmy Graham (JoAnn), Columbus, MS; six grandchildren: Brent Hollis (Leslie), Columbus, MS, Shannon Hollis Willcutt (Jason), Columbus, MS, Brittney Hollis, Baton Rouge, LA, Rob Graham (Summer), Columbus, MS, Chad Graham (Haley), Mamaroneck, NY, Julia Graham Starrett (Whit), Hattiesburg, MS; five great-grandchildren: Macy Willcutt, Lucy Willcutt, Carson Hollis, Cade Hollis and Smith Graham; caregivers: Catherine Selvie, Cherry Hubbard, Annie Hubbard, Lilia Sparks, Clemmie Johnson, and Gloria Politely Johnson. The pallbearers were Brent Hollis, Rob Graham, Chad Graham, Jason Willcutt, Whit Starrett, and Bill Nisbett, The honorary pallbearers were Dr. Min S. Kim, Dr. Matthew Wade, Dr. John E. Reed, Dr. Leonard F. Pinkley, Dr. J. Duke Wood, Dr. Bethany Hairston, and the Men of the East Columbus Church of Christ