Services for Leo Graham, Sr., 87, of Monroe, LA, formerly of Ferriday, LA will be held February 21, 2014 at 11:00am from New Morning Star Baptist Church in Ferriday. Burial will follow at the National Cemetery in Natchez, MS with military honors. Rev. Danny "Tron" Lewis will officiate.

Mr. Graham, son of William and Corrine Simmons Graham was born in Ferriday and died at the Cornerstone Hospital in West Monroe, LA. He was a World War II veteran, having served his country in the US Army. He was also a retired barber. He was a former Alderman for the Town of Ferriday.

Mr. Graham is survived by two sons, Omar W. Graham and his wife, Sandra of Broadview, IL; Roy L. James and his wife, Wanda of Silver Springs, CO; three daughters, Kathy G. Powell and her husband, Dale of Monroe, LA; Bernadine Jackson and her husband, Clarence of Ft. Polk, LA; Jacqueline G. Leonard of Alexandria, LA; one brother, Edward Graham and his wife, Nana of Flint, MI; one daughter-in-law, Sandra R. Graham of Flint, MI; one brother-in-law, David Ellis, Sr. of Ferriday; two sisters, Julia Graham-Jolla of Alexandria, LA and Mary F. Graham of Wisner, LA; eighteen grandchildren and a number of great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.

Mr. Graham is preceded in death by his parents; one son, Leo, Jr. and several siblings.