Birth date: Oct 23, 1931 Death date: Aug 31, 2015
Paul Armon Graham, Jr., 83 joined his family and loved ones in heaven August 31, 2015. He leaves his loving wife and best friend of 58 years, Terry (nee Fitzgerald) Graham; his loving son and best buddy, Michael Paul Graham (Kathi Read Obituary
I am Paul A. GRAHAM'S 1st born child, Gayanne Graham, DOB: 9/28/1952 & almost 63yrs now. I grew up with my father & step mother Terry & the cutest half brother Michael & little Laura. I had to leave at 10yrs to go live with my mother & step dad. I made an effort at 21yrs to contact my Dad with my sister Jeannette 18 yrs & we had a lot of catching up on missed years. I sewed a Southwest shirt for my Dad & a Christmas tablecloth for Terry. I loved the picture he painted of me & cat when in Mobile, AL (which he hung on wall by dining table). He didn't find out I burned my Weekly Readers on the bathroom floor, by the attic tub with feet, until we move out. (I used one of Laura's cloth diaper, dampened to put it out & then threw diaper out in the snow). It was the house on Lloyd Ave. In Providence, RI. I did not like Dad & Terry smoking. I am sorry Terry disliked me because I looked like the 1st wife.
I always tell folks, no one asked me if I wanted to be a child of divorce. I didn't belong on the mailbox of either of my parents re-marriages.
I wanted my Father to be proud of me, and I Never got to show him that. I have 21 silver dollars he gave me and he said "Love, Dad". I have cherished the thought that at one point he really did love me, and I thank God for that. I know he loved my sister Jeannette, and at times she was Daddy's favorite girl. I am sad she had a terrible accident & I had to take her off life support & cremate her & have her ashes & her favorite King Charles Cavalier "Charlie's" ashes with hers. I was born a "Graham" and will be one until I pass on. I know my sister Pennelope Graham Echelberger, born 9/6/56 has father Paul A. Graham on her birth certificate. And my Aunt Nancy Pendleton, only living sister to my Dad is still living. And I liked growing up in my Dad's parents houses in Barberton & Poland, Ohio. I was so proud of my Dad's father, Paul A. Graham, Sr. was a Woolworth ' s store manager & Dad's mother, Margaret G. Graham, was so talented with dry flowers. Dad's graphic design & Grandmother's talent & my mom with being an art teacher & artist herself passed on a lot to me & Penny & my daughter Peggy Mizumi Graham-Jones, born 6/23/1980 is Pacific - Islander (is a living Grand-daughter of my Father, Paul A. Graham). I brought her to meet my dad when she was 2yrs old. Now she is married to Nick Jones & they have 1 child named Kumiko Anne Jones, born 8/8/13, and she is a Great-Grand-daughter of Paul A. GRAHAM. And Great-Grand niece of Aunt Nancy Pendleton, Paul's only living sister.
