Jean Barlow Graham, ninety-nine years of age, passed away on January 19, 2020.
She spent the first five years of her life in Crockett and then moved with her parents to Winters in West Texas. She graduated from Winters High School in 1937 and then attended Texas Wesleyan College where she graduated with honors in 1940 at the age of nineteen with a degree in music. She taught choir and music in Cayuga, in San Antonio at Horace Mann Junior High School, and at San Angelo High School, where she was the music director.
She was introduced in New York City to her future husband fellow Texan Charles Rufus Graham, by his father, who was the shop teacher at San Angelo High. They were married on July 9, 1951 in Paris, France and lived in Germany from that time until 1956 when they returned to Texas and settled in San Antonio.
While raising her sons, she volunteered for the San Antonio Symphony, presenting enrichment programs in schools accompanying symphony concerts for children. She was involved in local and national politics, played an active role in Women for Peace during the Vietnam War, and was a member of the First Unitarian-Universalist Church of San Antonio from its early days. She worked for several years handling special orders at the L&M Bookstore near San Antonio College.
After her sons were grown, she volunteered in a local elementary school providing supplemental reading lessons for students in need. She remained active singing in choral societies and attending symphony and chamber music concerts until she was in her nineties.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Archie Lee and Bunnie Arnold Barlow; her husband, Charles Rufus Graham; and a brother, James E Barlow.
She is survived by her three sons, Robin Graham (Brooke), Randy Graham (Marguerite), and Kerry Graham; her sister-in-law, Virginia Barlow; grandchildren, Brian, Stephen, Travis, Olivia, and Jessica; and two great-grandchildren, Keiran and Vaeda.
She spent the first five years of her life in Crockett and then moved with her parents to Winters in West Texas. She graduated from Winters High School in 1937 and then attended Texas Wesleyan College where she graduated with honors in 1940 at the age of nineteen with a degree in music. She taught choir and music in Cayuga, in San Antonio at Horace Mann Junior High School, and at San Angelo High School, where she was the music director.
She was introduced in New York City to her future husband fellow Texan Charles Rufus Graham, by his father, who was the shop teacher at San Angelo High. They were married on July 9, 1951 in Paris, France and lived in Germany from that time until 1956 when they returned to Texas and settled in San Antonio.
While raising her sons, she volunteered for the San Antonio Symphony, presenting enrichment programs in schools accompanying symphony concerts for children. She was involved in local and national politics, played an active role in Women for Peace during the Vietnam War, and was a member of the First Unitarian-Universalist Church of San Antonio from its early days. She worked for several years handling special orders at the L&M Bookstore near San Antonio College.
After her sons were grown, she volunteered in a local elementary school providing supplemental reading lessons for students in need. She remained active singing in choral societies and attending symphony and chamber music concerts until she was in her nineties.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Archie Lee and Bunnie Arnold Barlow; her husband, Charles Rufus Graham; and a brother, James E Barlow.
She is survived by her three sons, Robin Graham (Brooke), Randy Graham (Marguerite), and Kerry Graham; her sister-in-law, Virginia Barlow; grandchildren, Brian, Stephen, Travis, Olivia, and Jessica; and two great-grandchildren, Keiran and Vaeda.
Jean Barlow Graham, ninety-nine years of age, passed away on January 19, 2020.
She spent the first five years of her life in Crockett and then moved with her parents to Winters in West Texas. She graduated from Winters High School in 1937 and then attended Texas Wesleyan College where she graduated with honors in 1940 at the age of nineteen with a degree in music. She taught choir and music in Cayuga, in San Antonio at Horace Mann Junior High School, and at San Angelo High School, where she was the music director.
She was introduced in New York City to her future husband fellow Texan Charles Rufus Graham, by his father, who was the shop teacher at San Angelo High. They were married on July 9, 1951 in Paris, France and lived in Germany from that time until 1956 when they returned to Texas and settled in San Antonio.
While raising her sons, she volunteered for the San Antonio Symphony, presenting enrichment programs in schools accompanying symphony concerts for children. She was involved in local and national politics, played an active role in Women for Peace during the Vietnam War, and was a member of the First Unitarian-Universalist Church of San Antonio from its early days. She worked for several years handling special orders at the L&M Bookstore near San Antonio College.
After her sons were grown, she volunteered in a local elementary school providing supplemental reading lessons for students in need. She remained active singing in choral societies and attending symphony and chamber music concerts until she was in her nineties.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Archie Lee and Bunnie Arnold Barlow; her husband, Charles Rufus Graham; and a brother, James E Barlow.
She is survived by her three sons, Robin Graham (Brooke), Randy Graham (Marguerite), and Kerry Graham; her sister-in-law, Virginia Barlow; grandchildren, Brian, Stephen, Travis, Olivia, and Jessica; and two great-grandchildren, Keiran and Vaeda.
She spent the first five years of her life in Crockett and then moved with her parents to Winters in West Texas. She graduated from Winters High School in 1937 and then attended Texas Wesleyan College where she graduated with honors in 1940 at the age of nineteen with a degree in music. She taught choir and music in Cayuga, in San Antonio at Horace Mann Junior High School, and at San Angelo High School, where she was the music director.
She was introduced in New York City to her future husband fellow Texan Charles Rufus Graham, by his father, who was the shop teacher at San Angelo High. They were married on July 9, 1951 in Paris, France and lived in Germany from that time until 1956 when they returned to Texas and settled in San Antonio.
While raising her sons, she volunteered for the San Antonio Symphony, presenting enrichment programs in schools accompanying symphony concerts for children. She was involved in local and national politics, played an active role in Women for Peace during the Vietnam War, and was a member of the First Unitarian-Universalist Church of San Antonio from its early days. She worked for several years handling special orders at the L&M Bookstore near San Antonio College.
After her sons were grown, she volunteered in a local elementary school providing supplemental reading lessons for students in need. She remained active singing in choral societies and attending symphony and chamber music concerts until she was in her nineties.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Archie Lee and Bunnie Arnold Barlow; her husband, Charles Rufus Graham; and a brother, James E Barlow.
She is survived by her three sons, Robin Graham (Brooke), Randy Graham (Marguerite), and Kerry Graham; her sister-in-law, Virginia Barlow; grandchildren, Brian, Stephen, Travis, Olivia, and Jessica; and two great-grandchildren, Keiran and Vaeda.
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