Grace Graham

Posted on October 26, 2018

Grace Graham, 95, died Oct. 24, 2018, in Mayo. Grace was born Dec. 17, 1922, in Palmetto to Gordon L. Barfield and Anna Morton Barfield.

Grace worked for Procter & Gamble for 31 years. While she was there, she was sent to Memphis, Tenn., for training in setting up the Library for Procter & Gamble Forestry Department. She was also part of a three-member council that helped establish and name Citizens Bank of Perry. She felt it was for the citizens of Perry, which is where she came up with the name.

Grace was preceded in death by: her parents, Gordon L. and Anna Morton Barfield; her husband, William M. Colson Sr.; and her second husband, Grover Graham.

She is survived by: three children, William M. Colson Jr. (Wanda), Gordon T. Colson (Vickie), and John Charles Colson (Linda); nine grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018, at 3 p.m. at Burns Funeral Home of Perry with Pastor Jeff Stading officiating. Interment services will follow immediately afterwards in Woodlawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2-3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018, at Burns Funeral Home. All arrangements are under the direction of Burns Funeral Home of Perry.

Friends may sign the online guest book at www.joepburnsfuneralhomes.com