Hancock-Richmond County GaArchives Obituaries.....Graves, R. A. December 27 1901
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Atlanta Constitution, December 28, 1901
BANKER R. A. GRAVES IS DEAD
One of the Most Prominent Men of Hancock County.
Sparta, Ga., December 27. (Special) R. A. Graves died at his home here today. 
He was a man of large wealth and 
prominence and was one of the best known and popular men in the county. He came 
to Sparta from Richmond county and engaged in mercantile business and in 1887 
commenced the banking business. He had held many offices of trust oin the 
county and at the time of his death was chairman of the county commission. 
Several times he was vice president of the Georgia Bankers' Associaton. His 
death will not interrupt the business of the bank of R.A. Graves, of which he 
was president, as J. D. Walker, cashier since 1890, has been made sole executor 
and he will continue the business.

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