May 11, 1937 ~ August 4, 2023 (age 86)
Jessie Patrick Graham was called to his eternal home on Friday afternoon, August 4, 2023 at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Norfolk, Virginia. Jessie, was born May 11, 1937 to the late Ernest and Gary Braddy Graham in Fair Bluff, North Carolina.
At an early age he was baptized and joined Butler Branch Baptist Church. He attended school in Fair Bluff and Chadbourn, North Carolina. He was joined in holy matrimony to Betty Jean Ford in 1959, and to this union four children were born. He was a school custodian, mechanic, and over-the-road truck driver during his life.
Jessie is survived by his former wife, Betty Jean Graham and their children Patricia Ann (Jeffrey) Eady of Chesapeake, Virginia and Terrance Graham of Miami, Florida; his son Keith Strickland of Albany, New York; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
