Mrs. Jule Screven Simpson Graham

Born June 9, 1927 in Columbia, attended at home by Dr. G.B. Guignard, she was the daughter of William Simpson and May Bond Screven Simpson. Jule spent her early years in Columbia and schoolmates, now Cookie Hopkins and Nibby Boyle, have been lifelong friends. As a preteen, Jule enjoyed summer fun at family vacations on Sullivans Island and the old Screven home in East Flat Rock, N.C., where she and cousin Danny Daniels, the youngest children, were playmates. She attended Spence School and Briarcliff College in New York and graduated from the University of South Carolina in English in 1949.

The widow of Harrell Graham (married in 1950), they lived in New York, Key West and Charleston while Harrell was a Naval JAG officer. They later lived at Hilton Head and Dataw Island where she was an avid golfer. After retiring to Charleston, Jule continued to enjoy golf with friends, Lucy Glenn and Elaine Bonner.

In the late 1960’s, Jule and Harrell and Maynard Pearlstine and his first wife Edelu traveled to the capitals of Europe with Wallace and Nancy Martin on a USC excursion. After the deaths of Harrell and Edelu, Jule and Maynard were married in 2007 in Wrightsville Beach, N.C., at the home of Elaine Warshauer, Maynard’s sister, officiated by friend and Episcopal priest, Joseph Diraddo. At home in Charleston, they enjoyed duplicate bridge and travel. Their vacations included a trip to the U.S. West and a stay in London with Kathy and Steve Freilich, Maynard’s daughter, and granddaughters, Mara and Emily. The highlight in London was the play “Mary Poppins.” Jule enjoyed a North Sea cruise with Maynards’s son, Len, his wife, Elise and grandson, Tim. In 2010, Jule and Maynard cruised the Caribbean and Western Europe from London to Barcelona. A Panama Canal cruise exited in San Francisco and in 2013, Jule and Maynard cruised the New England Islands. During her life with Maynard, they enjoyed visits to Kiawah Island to see Maynards’ daughter, Cheryl Jalbert and her husband Jeff. Jule and Maynard moved to Beaufort in early 2014.

Jule is survived by her husband, Maynard; daughter, May Bond Screven Graham; granddaughter, Acree Graham Macam and her husband Eric; daughter-in-law, Mary Graham; sisters-in-law, Mickey Simpson (and children), Barbara Graham; and nephews, Burke Graham and George Bailey and his wife Ford.

A memorial service will be held at 3:00 p.m. Thursday, May 22, 2014, at Keenan Chapel, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, with interment in the churchyard. Following the interment, there will be a reception at the home of George and Ford Bailey, 1330 Devonshire Drive, Columbia. Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel, Columbia, is assisting the family.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the charity of one’s choice.