David E. Graham

SPARTANBURG – David Earl Graham, 56, of 118 Leisure Lane, died Sunday, March 5, 2006, at 11:56 a.m. in Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System.

Son of Susie Mae Graham and the late Landrum Graham Sr., he was a native of Cherokee County and 1967 graduate of Granard High

School. He was a U.S.

Navy veteran of Vietnam

and was retired from Southern Bell Telephone Co. He was a member of the Cherokee County Sheriff's Department, serving as an officer in the Detention Center. He was a member of Hopewell Presbyterian

Vietnam member Church in Blacksburg.

Mr. Graham was a Past Master of Limestone Masonic Lodge No. 117, Past Patron of Virgin Mary Chapter No. 192, Order of the Eastern Star, member of Cherokee Consistory No. 267 and Tamin Temple No. 155, Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order Nobles of Mystic Shrine.

Surviving are a daughter, Kuecsha Henderson of Gaffney; two sons, Lathier Graham and Errol Graham of Gaffney; four sisters, Bessie Ross and Guynetha Lee of Washington, D.C., Barbara Littlejohn and Dunzalene Simpson of Fort Washington, Md.; a brother, James E. Graham of Washington, D.C.; six grandchildren; and a special friend, Rubye Davis of Spartanburg.

Arrangements by Foster Funeral Home, Gaffney.