Rosa Graham

September 3, 1930 - February 24, 2021

Rosa Graham was born September 3, 1930 in Nesmith, SC to the late Dock and Christen (Jones) Graham. Rosa was one of three children known as (Gal) or Rosa Lee by many of her family and friends. Rosa departed this life on February 24, 2021 at 7 a.m. in Middlesex Hospital Middletown, CT. Rosa attended St. Paul Methodist Church during her early years in South Carolina. Later on, in life she moved to Boston with her daughter Rochelle and attended Zion Baptist Church in Lynn, MA. After that she moved to Middletown, CT with her daughter Shirley and she was baptized at Zion First Baptist Church in Middletown, CT. Rosa worked in the field picking cotton and tobacco, she loved to cook all the time and everyone knew they could always stop by and get a delicious meal. She loved to fish, enjoyed making quilts with her aunts and family. Rosa also had a special drink that Herbert had to bring home to her after work and she would not be happy if she didn’t get it. She loved music and to dance with her cousin Ruby. Rosa was preceded in death by her father Dock Graham, mother Christen Graham, her brother Cliff Sumpter and adopted brother Willie Graham, her grandson Shawn Bluefort, son-in-law Ernest D. McGill and sister-in-law Abertha Sumpter. Rosa leaves to cherish her memory daughter Shirley McGill of Middletown, CT, Rochelle Bluefort of Boston, MA, son Herbert Graham of Myrtle Beach, SC, helped raised Willie Vereen of Albany, NY and her sister-in-law Jannie Nesmith of Kingstree, SC, grandson Kevin (Linda) Bluefort of Chicago, IL, granddaughter Michelle Bluefort of Boston, MA and Shameak (Graham) Snow of Rochester, NY, great grandchildren Kerra Bluefort, Inanna Davis and Riley Davis of Rochester, NY and Omar Davis, nieces Loretta and Chris Graham, nephews Terry and Taron Graham and Willie Vereen, son-in-law Calvin Bluefort, daughter-in-law Wanda Graham, Godchildren Camiya, Ciniya, Cyana and Camesha Vereen and all of her cousins in Middletown, CT.