Mary Nell Richardson Graham

Mary Nell Richardson Graham, age 99, of Elizabethtown, entered Heaven’s gates on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, at Helmwood Medical Center in Elizabethtown, KY. Beginning her career teaching at a one room school, she retired from Grayson County Schools after 37 years as a teacher in Alabama and at H. W. Wilkey Elementary School together. She worked in the ministry of her husband, Rev. Harold Graham, who served as pastor and evangelist for churches in Grayson, Breckinridge, Barren and Metcalf Counties in Kentucky and Piedmont, Alabama. She was a long-standing member of Mt. Vernon Cumberland Presbyterian Church where she was given the honor of Elder Emeritus. She was also a member of the Grayson County Teachers Association.

Mary Nell was preceded in death by her husband Harold, her son Gary, parents Lannie & Vonnie Richardson, brother and sister-in-law Murrel and Jackie Richardson, brother-in-law Dr. Bill Horrell, daughter-in-law Judy Graham and grandsons, Philip Dalton, Eric Cravens, and William Graham (infant).

Left to cherish her memories are her daughters, Linda (Larry) Love of Anniston, Alabama, Donna (Erdie) Carter of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, Penny (Joe) Dalton of Albany, Kentucky; grandchildren, Barry (Jackie) Graham of Magnolia, Texas, Jeff (Melissa) Love of Oxford, Alabama, Leslie (Mitch) Dooley of Corpus Christi, Texas, Erdie, Jr. (Pam) Carter of Owensboro, Kentucky, Lee (Laura) Carter of Georgetown, Kentucky, Stehanie (Matt) Scott of Winter Garden, Florida, Laura (Joey) England of Albany, Kentucky, Angela (Jason) McCray of Leitchfield, Kentucky, Joanna (Bryson) Cross and Sue (Rick) Fuquay all of Albany, Kentucky. She lover her eighteen great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild dearly. She is also survived by one sister, Edna Horrell, of Summerfield, Florida and one daughter-in-law Melanie Graham of Birmingham, Alabama.

Visitation will be held from 10:00 am CST until 1:00 pm CST on Monday, April 1, 2024, at Leitchfield Funeral Home in Leitchfield. Rev. Erdie Carter, Jr. will serve as the minister for the funeral starting at 1:00 pm CST at the funeral home with immediate burial in Mr. Vernon Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts can be given to Mt. Vernon Church Cemetery, the American Heart Association, or a charity of your choice.

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