NORTHPORT Deborah deGraffenried, age 54, of Northport, died Aug. 15, 2006 at DCH Regional Medical Center. Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Tuscaloosa Memorial Park with Tuscaloosa Memorial Chapel Funeral Home directing. Visitation will be tonight from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home.

Her parents, William Ryan deGraffenried and Margaret Nell deGraffenried, preceded her in death.

Survivors include Philip Turner of Northport; sister, Dana deGraffenried Taylor and her husband, Bob, of Northport; brother, Ryan deGraffenried, Jr., and his wife, Sandra, of Tuscaloosa; aunt, Grace deGraffenried Baswell of Huntsville; uncles, Guy Maxwell of Dadeville and Edward deGraffenried III of Calistoga, Calif.; seven nieces and nephews, Margaret Johnson Cornwell and her husband, Joey, of Ferrum, Va., Frances deGraffenried of Tuscaloosa, Ryan deGraffenried III and his wife, Jennifer, of Tuscaloosa, Marla Sims Robinson and her husband, Darryl, of Danville, Todd Hardwick Sims of Huntsville, Julie Goodwin and her husband, Jeff, of Tuscaloosa, and Tracy Elliott and her husband, Jay, of Helena; five great-nieces and nephews, Stella Grace deGraffenried of Tuscaloosa, Slater and Garrett Robinson of Danville, and Anna and Will Elliott of Helena.

She was born April 12, 1952 and graduated from Tuscaloosa High School. She attended Walker Junior College and was a member of the 1971 Holiday Cotillion. She was a long time employee of the Tuscaloosa Orthopedic Clinic.

Published in Tuscaloosa News on Aug. 16, 2006