Sam B. Graham

Sam B. Graham, 82, of 1409 Ontario Drive, Kannapolis, died Thursday, September 9, 2004, at his home. Funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m. Saturday, September 11, 2004, at Central Baptist Church. Interment with military rites conducted by DAV Chapter 27 of Concord will follow at Carolina Memorial Park. The body will remain at Lady's Funeral Home until taken to the church 30 minutes prior to the service. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at Lady's Funeral Home. At other times they will be at the residence. Born October 22, 1921, in Bowman, Georgia, he was a son of the late John B. Graham and Ellen Fleeman Graham. He was a member of Central Baptist Church in Kannapolis and DAV Chapter 27 of Concord. He retired several years ago from the No. 6 Weave Room of Cannon Mills, Plant One in Kannapolis. He was a US Army veteran of World War II and was the recipient of the Distinguished Unit Citation, Good Conduct Medal, Purple Heart and the European African Middle Eastern Theater Ribbon with four Bronze Stars. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Mary Benton and Mazelle Stewart; and four brothers, L. V. Graham, Mathes Graham, Junious Graham and Plumer Graham. Survivors include his wife, Mavis Woodward Graham; four sons, Ben Graham of Mt. Pleasant, Roger Bass, Daniel Graham and Todd Graham, all of Kannapolis; five daughters, Freda Chandler of Rockwell, Burma Warren of Kannapolis, Devon Graham of Independence, Virginia, Sherrie Stacy of Concord and Charlene Hill of China Grove; one sister, Lois McMath of Winston Salem; 16 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Memorials may be sent to Hospice of Cabarrus County, PO Box 1235, Concord, NC 28026 or DAV Chapter 27, 2400 Rock Hill Church Road, Concord, NC 28027.