DALE ERNEST SCOTT GRAHAM

Memorial service for Dale Ernest Scott Graham, 66, of Tyler, formerly of Jacksonville, was at 4 p.m. June 8 at the Tyler Seventh Day Adventist Church with Pastor Raul Benitez officiating.

Mr. Graham died June 2. He was born in Toledo, Ore. Nov, 25, 1941 to Evan A. Scott and Minna Almeda Murray. He served in the U.S. Air Force during the early days of Vietnam. After leaving the military, he was a crash rescue fireman in the civil service in Washington, D.C. From there, he moved to Omaha, Neb. and became a meat cutter and worked in area markets, grocery stores and packing houses. In the early 1970s, he moved to Texas. He worked for Safeway, Piggly Wiggly, and various other markets in East Texas.

He joined the Seventh-Day Adventist Church in 1996 and was active in the Rusk church He was voted Layman of the Year in 2000 for the North American Division of Seventh- Day Adventists for his work as personal ministries director distributing Bible studies and Christian literature to thousands of people. From 2002-05, he was the volunteer director of the SEJAM after-school program in Jacksonville where he helped many children have a safe place to go after school

Survivors are his wife, Vickey; five sons, Michael Scott, Timothy Scott, and Brian Scott of Omaha, Neb.; Dale Graham Jr. of Bridgeport and Raymond Graham of Bullard; two daughters, Christine Goodburn of Omaha, Neb. and Toni Teyib of Bullard; three brothers, Darrell Graham of Tyler; Raymond Graham of Mt. Vernon, Wash. and Evan Scott of San Francisco, Calif.; two sisters, Dawn Scott of Anchorage, Alaska; and Darlene Sanders of Madras, Ore.; 14 grandchildren, numerous nieces and nephews and many special friends.

Donations may be made to a favorite charity.

June 11, 2008

Information from The Cherokeean Herald