Obituary of Rev. Hillery Clifford Graham, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana


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From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La
Wednesday, January 20, 1999


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Rev. Hillery Clifford Graham

Rev. Hillery Clifford Graham, 76, of Jena, died at 1:49 a.m., Sunday, January
17, 1999, at LaSalle General Hospital of Jena.

Rev. Graham was a graduate of Jena High School, Louisiana College and New
Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary with a Graduate Specialist Degree in
Religious Education.

He served churches in Louisiana, Tennessee, Kentucky and Georgia before going
to the mission field. He retired after serving as a Southern Baptist Foreign
Missionary for 20 years.

A veteran of the military service, he was born November 28, 1922 at Nebo to
the union of Talmadge and Mary Smith Graham.

Services were held at 2 p.m., Tuesday, January 19, at Jena First Baptist
Church with Dr. William Poe and Dr. Shelby Smith officiating.

Interment followed in Graham Cemetery of Nebo under direction of Kinner and
Stevens Funeral Home of Jena.

Survivors include his wife, Helen Ashford Graham of Jena; one daughter, Mary
Ewing of Prattville, Ala.; one son, Rich Graham of Jackson, Ms.; two sisters,
Christine Harvey of Bridge City, Tx. And Louise Head of Jena; two brothers,
Jimmy Graham of Jena and Billy Joe Graham of Bridge City, Tx.; and three
grandchildren.

Nephews served as pallbearers.

Honorary pallbearers were members of the Monday Morning Prayer Group at Jena
First Baptist Church.