Guy E. Graham
Guy Edward Graham, 88, of Reno, Nev., died March 5,
2008, at his residence. The Smiths Grove native was
born March 27, 1919. He lived in Reno for 27 years. Prior
to moving to Reno, he lived in Los Angeles for 25 years.
He was a journeyman machinist in drills. He served in
World War II from August 1944 to October 1945. He was
a tank gunner in Gen. Patton’s 3rd Army, Co. C 42nd TK Bn
and earned two silver and two bronze medals for heroism.
Guy was passionate about his family, loved to travel to
and from Kentucky to visit family and friends and was
best known for his wonderful personality and terrific sense
of humor. Everyone who knew Guy Graham said that he
was “always in a good mood.” He was a son of the late
Hughie Graham and Gertrude Fuller Graham. He was
preceded in death by a son, Tracy Graham; a brother,
Billy Graham; and three sisters, Ruth Bryant, Edith Madison
and Bonnie Waddell.
Funeral is at 1p.m. Wednesday at Hardy & Son Funeral
Home, Bowling Green chapel, with burial in Hawks
Cemetery. Visitation is from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday and
from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Survivors include three daughters, Brenda Simon and
her husband, Barry, of Reno, Rhonda Bowers and her
husband, William, of Antioch, Calif., and Alice Thompson
and her husband, Chris, of Syracuse, N.Y.; a son, Lloyd
Graham and his wife, Vicki, of Boca Raton, Fla.; four
brothers, James Graham, Benny Graham and his wife,
June, and Arnold Graham and his wife, Jean, all of
Bowling Green, and Harvey Graham and his wife, Lorene,
of Smiths Grove; five grandchildren, Dakota and Paydon
Thompson of Syracuse, Mitch Prather and his wife, Mary,
of Sacramento, Calif., Dana Adams and her husband,
Gary, and William Bowers II, all of Antioch; five great-
grandchildren, Michelle Adams, Madeline Prather, Griffin
Prather, Cindy Graham and Amy Graham; and several
nieces and nephews.
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