James the the second of four children born to Lewis Adolphus Sr. and Neva (Grafton) Graeber. He married Jewell Younger and they were the parents of three children: Gay Grafton, Ethel and James Peyton Jr.

The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN
March 16, 2003

MARKS - James P. Graeber, 83, founding partner of Graeber Bros., Inc., died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Marks First Presbyterian Church, where he was an elder, with burial in Marks Cemetery. Kimbro Funeral Home has charge. He was a director on the board of Union Planters Bank - North Mississippi Division, a founding member of Burke Hunting Club and Riverview Land Co. and Delta Academy, was a member of the Clarksdale Country Club and Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at Rhodes College and was a World War II Army veteran. Mr. Graeber, the husband of Jewell Graeber, also leaves two daughters, Gay Grafton Graeber of Oxford and Ethel Graeber Gibbs of St. Matthews, S.C.; a son, James P. Graeber of Clarksdale; a sister, Aileen Graeber Clark of Lauderdale; two brothers, Lewis A. Graeber Jr. of Marks and Henry Grafton Graeber of Como, eight grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The family requests that memorials be sent to French Camp Academy, Delta Academy or the charity of the donor's choice.

James the the second of four children born to Lewis Adolphus Sr. and Neva (Grafton) Graeber. He married Jewell Younger and they were the parents of three children: Gay Grafton, Ethel and James Peyton Jr.

The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN
March 16, 2003

MARKS - James P. Graeber, 83, founding partner of Graeber Bros., Inc., died Friday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Marks First Presbyterian Church, where he was an elder, with burial in Marks Cemetery. Kimbro Funeral Home has charge. He was a director on the board of Union Planters Bank - North Mississippi Division, a founding member of Burke Hunting Club and Riverview Land Co. and Delta Academy, was a member of the Clarksdale Country Club and Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at Rhodes College and was a World War II Army veteran. Mr. Graeber, the husband of Jewell Graeber, also leaves two daughters, Gay Grafton Graeber of Oxford and Ethel Graeber Gibbs of St. Matthews, S.C.; a son, James P. Graeber of Clarksdale; a sister, Aileen Graeber Clark of Lauderdale; two brothers, Lewis A. Graeber Jr. of Marks and Henry Grafton Graeber of Como, eight grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The family requests that memorials be sent to French Camp Academy, Delta Academy or the charity of the donor's choice.