A longtime resident of Prattville, Graydon received a bachelor’s degree in history from Auburn University at Montgomery and a Master of Library and Information Studies degree from the University of Alabama.
Before joining AHA, Graydon worked as a student in the Reference Room at the Alabama Department of Archives and History and as operations specialist for the Alabama Bicentennial Commission, where he managed the commission’s grant program and the Alabama Bicentennial PastPort project. Graydon also spent three years working in sustainable agriculture, including farms in the rural areas of Dallas and Perry Counties in Alabama’s Black Belt.