Billie Lorene Graham

Billie Lorene Graham, 81 of Blue Springs, MO passed away, Sunday, October 16, 2005 at the Blue Springs Care Center. Services will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, October 19, 2005 at the Speaks Suburban Chapel. Burial will be in Blue Springs Cemetery. The family will greet friends from 9:00 a.m., Wednesday until service time at the chapel. Billie was born to Gallie and Bessie Paul on May 2, 1924, in Conway, Arkansas. She and her late husband, Clayton Graham, raised their family in Independence and Blue Springs. Billie worked for Cole National as an optician, managing the Sears Optical at Independence Center. Survivors in the area include her daughter, Brenda Graham of Kansas City; her son Randy Graham of Blue Springs; grandsons Cymon Coleman (wife Juanita), Koby and R.C. ; daughter-in-law Barbara Graham; three great-grandchildren; her sisters Bobbie Goldsberry, Independence and Carolyn Brown, Kansas City. Siblings in Arkansas are Pat Ward, Faye Bryant, Betty Walls, Pete Paul, and Ronald Paul. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, her son Gary Graham, and two sisters. Memorial contributions may be made to the Blue Springs Care Center Activity Fund, 930 Duncan, Blue Springs, Missouri 64014.