On Monday evening, March 27, 2012, Patricia Ann Worthington Graham died peacefully surrounded by her beloved husband and three daughters at Vidant Duplin Hospital in Kenansville, NC .following an eighteen month battle with Breast Cancer. She was born to Earl Arthur and Hazel Maine (Ervin) Worthington in Kinston, NC on April 25, 1934. Her father suffered a massive stroke shortly after her birth, requiring her mother to work outside the home. At a very young age, Pat contracted pneumonia. Her aunt and uncle, Lida and Norman Brant Hill, volunteered to take her for medical treatment in Fayetteville, NC. She continued to live with her Aunt Lida and Uncle Brant, who loved and cared for her as their own for the remainder of their lives. She grew up in Roseboro, where she enjoyed a privileged life, known in the community as \"Pat Hill\" and where she was dear in the hearts of all who knew her. She was a precious and adorable little girl who always dressed well and had a sunshine personality which she carried into her adult life. Under the loving, yet strict, tutelage of her Aunt Lida, she learned about Southern hospitality, cooking, dancing, and being a lady. She attended the Methodist Church where she sang in the church choir and met her future husband. She graduated from Roseboro High School in May 1951. During high school, she was involved in the Glee Club and Yearbook Club. During the summers, she worked in the office at Hill Spinning Co,, owned by her Uncle Brant,, where she did the payroll and used her organization skills to keep things straight and orderly. Following high school, she planned to attend Meredith College in Raleigh, NC but those plans were changed when she married Leon Irvin Graham, also of Roseboro, on September 29, 1951. Her early married weeks were spent at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas, where her groom completed Assistant Battalion Aid School just prior to being deployed to Korea. For the next 16 months she lived in Roseboro, where she worked at Hill Spinning Co., Hill Motor Company, and First Citizens Bank, until her husband Irvin, returned from Korea. She saved her husband's military pay which became the seed money for opening Graham Drug Co. in Wallace. In October 1953, she and her husband moved to Wallace where she threw herself into a life of loving and supporting her husband. They had three daughters, Pamela Ann on February 4, 1954, Ginny Lynn on April 3, 1956, and Sandra Irvin on July 10, 1957. Their proudest accomplishments as parents included their daughters becoming Christians, playing the piano and graduating from college. Pamela Ann graduated from UNC-Greensboro and UNC-Chapel Hill, Ginny Lynn from Appalachian State University, and Sandra Irvin from Meredith College. She devoted her life to her family, home and church. She managed the household in a manner that appeared effortless; attended to the needs of her three active daughters; and supported her husband's interests. She served her church on various committees and roles including Church Treasurer, Grounds, Cradle Roll, Vacation Bible School, Circle Chairman, and church hostess; her community on the Duplin Co. Hall of Fame Committee for eleven years, and Duplin Co. 250th Birthday committee; and the Daughters of the American Revolution as Chapter Regent, State Committee Chairman for Seimes Microfilm, National Defense, Centennial Jubilee and President General's Project; enjoyed golf, playing bridge, needle work, and reading; and is especially well known for her baking, sharing this gift with others, and watching over her little \"ole\" ladies. Her greatest joy in the world were her husband Irvin, their three daughters, five grandchildren, one great grandson, and five Dachshunds, all named Fella. Patricia was predeceased by her aunt and uncle, Norman Brant and Lida (Worthington) Hill of Roseboro, NC and her parents, Earl Arthur and Hazel Maine (Ervin) Worthington of Kinston. She is survived by her husband and \"the great love of her life\" for 60 years, Leon Irvin Graham; three daughters, Pamela Ann Graham-Wilson & husband, Kevin M. Wilson of Wilmington, NC; Ginny Lynn G. Bottenus of Darlington, SC; and Sandra Irvin G. Cagle and husband, Charles (Chuck) of Franklin, TN; five grandchildren: Brandon Jerome Graham (Danielle) , Seaside, OR; John Daniel Brooks (Suzanne), Portland, OR; Mary Katherine Pope, Greenville, NC; Kevin Graham Wilson, Wilmington, NC and David Rankin Wilson, Wilmington, NC; one beautiful great-grandson, Bynum Gable Brooks of Portland, OR; and her sister, Peggy Webb Northcott of Sun City Center, FL. In celebration of her life and in lieu of flowers, the family requests contribution to the L. Irvin and Patricia W Graham Scholarship Fund in Community Pharmacy with the Pharmacy Foundation at the Eschelman School of Pharmacy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.or a favorite charity.