Mary Jo Satterfield Graham

peacefully on Sunday, August 27,

2017,after years of battling Alzheimer’s.

She was born in Lindale, Texas, to Victor

and Elvira Ford. She left Lindale after

attending Tyler Junior College to come to

Dallas to work and live during the middle

of WWII. She met a dashing Air Force

flight instructor, Robert L (Bob) Satterfield,

and they married in January, 1945. In the

following years they had two children,

Barbara Ann and Lawrence Craig. They

had a busy life together with travels, golf and bridge.

Bob passed away at a young age in 1977.

Jo stayed very active continuing to

play lots of golf, Bridge and enjoying her

many friends. Entertaining was a passion

for her and she was a wonderful generous

hostess. Her home always had friends

and family coming to visit and enjoy her

hospitality . Twenty years after Bob’s

passing, she met Ralph E. Graham, and

they were married in Acapulco, Mexico

in 1997. She and Ralph had a happy

marriage for 8 years until he passed away

in 2005.

She is predeceased by her parents, her

brother William Otho Ford, a sister, Johnnie Ford.

She is survived by her two

sisters, Margaret McCain (Jim) and Bettie

Linnstaedter (Bill). Also surviving her are

her daughter, Barbara Satterfield Camp

(Brad), by her son Lawrence Craig

Satterfield, (Laura). She is also survived

by her grandchildren, Bradley Camp

(Ragen), Yancey Camp (Britney) , Gavin

Satterfield (Beverly ), Micah Thornton,

Kate Sawyer, Bethany Airhart and

numerous great grandchildren. She loved

babies and small children more than

anything and was always thrilled when

her grandchildren were around her. She

will be greatly missed by all.

In her final stages of life she was

blessed with wonderful and loving

caregivers , Jill Jurica, Mary Morales and

Sharron Higgins. We are so grateful to

them.

A visitation will be held from 4:00 PM

to 7:00 PM on Thursday, August 31,

2017, at Sparkman Hillcrest Funeral

Home, 7405 W. Northwest Highway,

Dallas, Texas 75225.

A memorial service will be held at

11:00 AM on Friday, September 1, 2017,

at Church of the Incarnation , 3966

McKinney Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75204.

In Lieu of flowers, donations may be

made to the Church of the Incarnation or

the Alzheimer’s Association, PO Box

96011, Washington, DC 200906011

or

www.alz.org.