Chara Graham

Chara Graham, affectionately known as LaToy, was born January 22, 1978 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri to Thomas Cooper and the late Aretta Graham Kinder.  Chara's sister, Nakaska Graham-Jones, grandparents, Roy and Earline Jones Graham, Mae Francis and Billy Williams, her great-grandparents, Ollie and Georgia Jones, and uncles, Roy Graham, Clifford Graham, and Phillip Porter have preceded her death.

Chara confessed her hope and faith in Jesus Christ and became a faithful member at St. John Praise and Worship Center in Pulaski, Illinois under the leadership of Pastor Larry T. Barnett, Sr. until her health began to fail.

Chara received her education in the Cape Girardeau Missouri school district.  After graduating, she furthered her education at the United Education Institute in Morrow, Georgia.  Upon completion of her studies, she became a Certified Nursing Assistant and Medical Technician. Chara then followed her heart and dreams and gained employment at Southland Health and Rehabilitation and later Christian City Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation in Union City, Georgia.

Chara's favorite hobbies were preparing home cooked meals for her family and friends, listening to music and singing, watching her favorite movie, "Goonies", her love of "Betty Boop', and traveling to new and exciting places.  Although those were a few of her hobbies; her favorite hobby and passion was her love of fashion!  She had a unique and creative style of putting together clothes, shoes, purses to make a statement.  Chara also had  a love of make-up to finalize the “Total and Complete” fashion look.

Chara's beautiful, loving, and infectious personality will be sorely missed by those who knew her and loved her.  She was a dedicated family-oriented person who loved her family dearly and wholeheartedly.  As a mother and grandmother, she wanted her children and grandchildren to have the best that life could offer.  Chara was a good listener and would also offer her words of advice and encouragement, if and when needed.

On Saturday, January 20, 2024, Chara departed this life at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri.  She leaves to cherish her precious memories; her father, Thomas Cooper of Charleston, Missouri, her sons, Jytearius (Electra) Graham of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and Lovis (Zeviana) Cooper, Jr. of Atlanta, Georgia, her daughter, Justice (Charlie Carolyn) Graham of Sikeston Missouri, her brothers, Kane Campbell of Kansas City, Missouri, and Xavier Winston of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, her sisters, Dona (Martin) Fleming of Sharpsburg, Georgia, Denika (Lance) Graham-Barnard of Fairburn, Georgia, and Toya Campbell of Kansas City, Missouri, her grandchildren, Lovis III, Autumn, Za'Kya, and Armani, her nephews and nieces, Nashayla, Michael, Journey, Dakota, Nakiyla, Nariah, Niya, and Dayveion (Micah), her uncles, George (Karen) Graham of Cape Girardeau, Missouri and Paul Graham of Erie, Pennsylvania, her aunts, Vickey (John) Graham of Wyatt, Missouri, Leighann (Allen) Kindle of Ullin, Illinois, Rose Porter of Charleston, Missouri, Gloria (Carnell) Petty of Erie, Pennsylvania, and Christine (James) Davis of Chicago, Illinois, a special friend, Victor Kent of Charleston, Missouri, other relatives and friends.

Friends may call Saturday, February 3, 2024 from 11:00 A.M. until the funeral hour of 12:00 Noon at St. Matthews Full Gospel Missionary Baptist Church with Apostle Larry T. Barnett, Sr. officiating.  Interment will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery in Charleston with the Williams Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.