Jessie Graham

Biography

Jessie Graham was cherished within Glasgow’s civic and cultural life for her steadfast support of education and the arts, speaking often of the need to nurture talent and to care for the city’s poor. She was remembered as a person of quiet courage, attending to the needs of families and encouraging deserving young people to pursue learning.

Her friends recalled her generosity of time as well as possessions, always finding room in her schedule for community concerns and for the comfort of those in distress. Though her name is known to only a few, the kindness she shared continues to ripple outward from those who were touched by it.