PUBLICATION UNKNOWN
September 12, 1963
Daphnee Brownell Collection
Volusia County Public Library
DeLand, Florida

MANY ATTEND SERVICE FOR MRS. GRAHAM

SEVILLE - Funeral services for Mrs. Elsie Graham were held Saturday morning at the Seville Methodist Church with the pastor, the Rev. Dan Harrison, assisted by the Rev. J. T. Pennington of Belleview officiating. 

Mrs. Graham died early Thursday morning following a short illness, although her health had been poor for some time. 

She was born in Seville May 3, 1895 and was a member of the Methodist Church. She was the widow of the late John Graham who served as county commissioner from this district for many years.

Survivors are one brother, Cullen Flowers, and two sisters Mrs. Pauline Murphy, Oklawaha and Mrs. Viola Yancey, Atlanta, Ga. and five grandchildren by a foster son.

Burial was made in the family lot in the Seville Cemetery.

ATTEND FUNERAL

Out-of-town relatives and friends attending the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Jake E. Yamcey and Mrs. A. K. Jones of Atlanta, Ga.; the Rev. and Mrs. I. S. Murphy of Oklawaha; Mr. and Mrs. Cullen Flowers; Mr. and Mrs. Norman Sasser and daughter Lillian of Lakeland; Mrs. Lorraine Graham Sanford; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Buxton and children of Pompano Beach; Isbon Murphy Jr. Ocala; Leon Murphy, Daytona Beach.

Mr. and Mrs. Perkin Rusing, Dania; Mrs. Ruth Lewis and Mrs. Christine Lewis, Ft. Lauderdale; Mrs. Hilda Woods and Virginia Woods, Orlando; John A. Perkins, Belleview; Mrs. Alice Pringle; Mr. and Mrs. Leo Starlings, Jacksonville; Mrs. Edna Tippins, Mrs. Bertha Tippins, and Mrs. Loreen Murphy, Daytona Beach; Mr. and Mrs. Phode Pellicer, Bunnell; Bob­by Maryes, Merchant Marines; Al Flowers, Myrtle Beach. S. C.; Mrs. Eda Hart Wilkins and Mrs. Florence Norcross, Flagler Beach; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hanscom, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Hanscom, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Larry Eudy, Miss Amy Jean Hanscom, Mrs. Nell Jackson, Mrs. Maude Forde, and Mrs. Elsie B. Alexander, all of DeLand.

Mrs. Eva Wooten and Miss Car­rie Flowers, Crescent City; Mr. and Mrs. Bob Harvey, Mrs. Ed Knief, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Buckles, DeLeon Springs; Robert Newman, Cocoa; H. G. Johnson, Pomona Park; Misses Connie Graham and Ruth Baker, Miss Cindy Flowers and mother of Jacksonville, and M. L. Waters of Toledo, Ohio.

SEVILLE RESIDENT ELSIE F. GRAHAM IS DEAD AT 68

Mrs. Elsie Flowers Graham, 68, a lifetime resident of Seville, died at 5 a.m. today in West Volusia Memorial Hospital at DeLand. She was the wife of the late John H. Graham, former commissioner of Volusia County's old District 1.

Mrs. Graham was born in Seville May 3, 1895. Survivors include a brother, C. C. Flowers, Lakeland; and two sisters, Mrs. Jake Yancy, Atlanta, Ga., and Mrs. I. S. Murphy, Oklawaha.

Allen-Summerhill Funeral Home in DeLand is in charge of arrangements.