Nettie May Weston ¹

  General Notes:

Born March 25, 1925 in Cloverdale, Virginia, the daughter of Fred Arthur and Hettie Lucy Hogan Weston. She was born and raised in Southwest Virginia and would always remain a mountain gal. During World War II, she married Lester Eugene Graden on Dec. 25, 1943. Nettie worked for many years in factories and food service jobs. After retirement from the VA Medical Center and the death of her husband, she was a volunteer in the community and at her church.
She was preceded in death by her children: Joyce LaTouche, Gary Graden, and Debra Graden. She is survived by her children: Carolyn (Charles) Dossey, Carol (Floyd) Kuehnhoff, Donald (Dae Ra) Graden and daughter in law, Carolyn Graden, grandchildren: Timothy Dossey, Ross Graden, April Kuehnhoff, Christopher LaTouche, Debbie Allison, Angela LaTouche, and Bree Stringer, as well as many great and great-great grandchildren. ³

Nettie married Lester Eugene Graden, son of Hiram Lester Graden and Jesse Gertrude Postel, on 25 Dec 1943 in Chesterfield, South Carolina, USA. (Lester Eugene Graden was born on 2 Sep 1914 in Horton, Kansas, USA, died on 21 Apr 1992 and was buried in Sunset Memory Gardens, Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas, USA ³.)