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Thursday, March 28, 2024

Ocala Police chief to be laid to rest Friday after service at First Baptist Church

Ocala Police Chief Greg Graham

Ocala Police Chief Greg Graham will be laid to rest Friday following a service at the First Baptist Church of Ocala.

There will be outdoor seating in the baseball field area of the church and the service will be broadcast onto a large screen. The live stream of the service also will be shown on the Ocala Police Department’s website and via social media for those who want to watch from home. Click HERE for the police department’s website and HERE for its Facebook page.

Graham was killed late Sunday morning when the single-engine plane he was piloting crashed in an open field near Dunnellon. He was the only occupant of the aircraft and no one else was injured in the crash.

A hearse carrying the body of Ocala Police Chief Greg Graham makes its way down U.S. Hwy. 27/441 in Leesburg on Tuesday morning after leaving the Medical Examiner’s office shortly after 9 a.m.
Ocala Police officers and area residents lined the sidewalk in front of the police department on Tuesday morning to pay their respects as Police Chief Greg Graham’s body was transported to Hiers-Baxley Funeral Home.

 

The chief’s body was returned to Ocala on Tuesday morning with a police escort from the Medical Examiner’s office in Leesburg. He was taken to Hiers-Baxley funeral home in a procession that traveled past saluting officers and other bystanders outside the police department’s headquarters on Pine Avenue.

Those attending Friday’s service are being asked to wear masks, practice sanitation measures and maintain social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic. There will be specific seating areas for family, law enforcement/uniformed personnel, dignitaries and the public. There is a capacity limit at the church because of the pandemic.

Following the service, Graham will be interred in Melrose during a private ceremony for family members and close friends.