Ralph G. Graham, a resident of Columbia County, Lake City, Fla., went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, March 28, 2012. Ralph was born January 29, 1929 to the late Gonzalo & Annie Graham and was raised in Columbia County. He graduated from Mason High School in 1948 and was very active in the Future Farmers of America. Ralph married his childhood sweetheart, Annie Regina Haltiwanger, October 2, 1949 and then moved to Jacksonville, Florida for 24 years & Orange Park for 25 years, finally returning to Lake City to retire on the old family homestead in 1997.
He served two years in the United States Navy, aboard the submarine, USS Threadfin, S.S. #410 during the Korean War and then two years with the Naval Reserve being honorably discharged in 1954.
He worked with the Pulp & Paper Mill in Jacksonville for 43 years, in the maintenance department and was a lifetime member of the United Paper workers International Union A