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Friday
Harper Morris Memorial Chapel
10:30 - 11:30 am (Central time)
Friday
Harper Morris Memorial Chapel
Starts at 11:30 am (Central time)
Friday
Barrancas National Cemetery
1:00 - 1:30 pm (Central time)
Leaving Harper Morris in procession
Mary Leary Graydon, age 93, of Pensacola, FL, passed away on Thursday, October 22, 2026. Mary was born in Pensacola, Florida to Carl and Magdalen Leary, and was the younger sister to Carl Leary and Catherine Humphreys. Mary was married for sixty seven years to William Neil Graydon, with whom she raised six children. She was a respected and valued Medical Transcriptionist for White Wilson Medical Center for over 30 years. The Catholic Church was an important part of Mary’s life, and she took an active part in many activities at St. Mary’s in Ft. Walton Beach, and Our Lady of Victory in Crestview.
Mary is preceded in death by her parents, Carl and “Mac” Leary; her brother Carl; and her loving husband Neil.
She is survived by her sister, Catherine; her children, Cecilia (Joe) Madden, Diane (Ron) Cocherell, Neil, Jr., Susan Ratcliff, Beverly (Hugh) Lynch, and Jim (Carol) Graydon; 14 grandchildren, and 22 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be held from 10:30 a.m. until the funeral service begins at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, October 30,2026, at Harper Morris Memorial Chapel, with Fr. Hank Lech serving as Celebrant. A committal service will immediately follow at Barrancas National Cemetery.
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