Ben Taylor Graham Jr.

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Ben Taylor Graham Jr., 79, passed away Tuesday November 4, 2014. Ben was born on May 22, 1935 in Garrard County, Kentucky to the late Ben Taylor Graham Sr. and Mattie Lee Preston Graham. Ben was a member of the Nicholasville United Methodist Church and a local sportsman club. He was united in marriage on November 29, 1958 to his wife Anna Louise Stinnett Graham who survives him. Other survivors include a son Ronald Taylor (Crystal Lynn) Graham Sr., one daughter Karen Lisa Graham, two sisters Dorothy Woods and Annie Cotton, five grandchildren Ronald Taylor (Stephanie) Graham Jr., Tanya Lynn (David) McFadden, Whitney Nicole (Brandon) Lairson, Gregory Graham and Faleshaia Renee Pyland (Jacob) Covey, eight great grandchildren Ciairah Kloe Graham, Cheyenne McFadden, Steven McFadden, Madison Lairson, Landon Lairson, Elizabelle Lairson, Liam Covey, and Lindsay Covey, four step grandchildren Jamie (Chris) Antle, Trey (Bobby) Sargent, Jason (Kristian) Shumate, and Michael Shumate, ten step great grandchildren Ashley, Brittany, Brandon, Noah, Christopher, Corey, Colin, Claire, Zoe, and Colter. Besides his parents he was preceded in death by one brother Wilburn Graham. Funeral service will be conducted at 1:00 PM Saturday at the Nicholasville United Methodist Church with Reverend Wade Arp officiating. Burial will follow in the Maple Grove Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5:00-9:00 PM Thursday and Friday evenings at the Betts & West Funeral Home and from 11:30 AM until the funeral hour of 2:00 PM Saturday at the church. Pallbearers will be Ronald Graham Jr., David McFadden, Brandon Lairson, Jacob Covey, Billy Lowery, and Robert Leslie Murphy. Honorary pallbearers will be grandchildren. Online guestbook at www.Bettsandwestfuneralhome.com

Visitation:
5- 9 PM Thursday and Friday at the funeral home

Funeral:
2:00 PM Saturday November 8, 2014 at the Nicholasville United Methodist Church

Interment:
Maple Grove Cemetery