Deborah Ann Lingo Graham

DEBORAH ANN LINGO GRAHAM

NEWVILLE… Deborah Ann Lingo Graham, a resident of Newville, Alabama, passed away early Thursday morning, December 4, 2025, at her home. She was 69.

Funeral services will be held 11:00 A.M. Monday, December 8, 2025, at Wright Funeral Home & Crematory Chapel with Reverend Acy Tucker officiating. Burial will follow in the First Missionary Baptist Church Garden of Rest Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10:00 until 11:00 A.M. prior to the service. Wright Funeral Home & Crematory is in charge of the arrangements.

Mrs. Graham was born in Abbeville, Alabama to the late Alex C. Lingo, Sr. and Carrie V. Reynolds Lingo. She was a lifetime resident of Newville, Alabama, except for a short period, that she lived in New York and Shorterville, Alabama. She was a 1974 graduate of Headland High School. She worked over twenty plus years with West Point Pepperell until her retirement. Mrs. Deborah was known for her service to the community. If others were happy, she was happy. She would do anything for anyone. She never met a stranger. We will never forget that bright smile that lit up every room she walked into. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Newville.

Along with her parents she was also preceded in death by her son Terrence T. Graham, and her nephew, Daryle Lamonte Warren.

Leaving to cherish her memories are her husband, Ward Espy Graham, Jr.; her sons, Kelvin L. Graham (Christina R.) and Derrick D. Graham, Sr. (Ashlie B.); her brother, Alex C. Lingo, Jr.; her grandchildren, MacKenzie Graham, Kaylon Graham, Christopher Graham, Kameron Graham, Kianna Graham, Cara Dawsey (Eric), Derrick Graham, Jr., Cameron Chambers, Michael Brooks, DeYonna Graham, Annaka Thornton, Caleb Hill, Kaiden Graham ,Damoni Graham and Todd Terry, Jr.; her great-grandchild, Josiah Brooks; and her great-grandchild on the way, Lyric Tatum Dawsey; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Serving as active pallbearers will be her sons, grandsons, and nephews.

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