Jo Ann Kimbler Graham - Eastern Times Register

Obituaries

March 3, 2026

Jo Ann Kimbler Graham

April 22, 1948 – Feb. 21, 2026

Graveside service for Jo Ann (Kimbler) Graham, 77, of Sallisaw was held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, at Akins Cemetery under the direction of Forever Memories Funeral Services, Inc. of Sallisaw.

Mrs. Graham was born on April 22, 1948, in Van Buren, Ark., to Joe Clayton and Flora Marie (Holley) Kimbler. She passed away on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, in Sallisaw.

She worked in several professions, including a box factory, hotel chain, restaurant business, in bookkeeping, and eventually owned an antique store and floral business. She loved collecting antiques and decorating her home.

Survivors include Cleon Harrell; her step-sons, Mike Harrell and wife Keli and Jeff Harrell and wife Kari; sister, Juanita Scharnberg; eight grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; daughter-in-law, Bekki Graham; and other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; son, Mark Graham; and siblings, Clayton Kimbler Jr., David W. Kimbler, Rose M. Ramos, Mary L. Prince, Katie M. Young and Percy Kimbler.

Pallbearers were Tyler Harrell, T.H. Harrell, Maddox Harrell, Donnie Comstock and Cole Ashworth.

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