Obituaries:  Mr. James Gordon Graves, Sabine, DeSoto Parish       G-612
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Dec 29, 1993
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net

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Mr. James Gordon Graves (Photo)

  Services for Mr. James Gordon Graves, 79, were held at 3 p.m.,
Tuesday, Dec. 28, 1993, at First Baptist Church, Logansport,
under the direction of Rose-Neath's Logansport Chapel.
Officiating were Rev. Charles Hall, pastor of First Baptist
Church, assisted by Rev. Lamar Duncan. Masonic graveside services
were held at O. E. Price Memorial Cemetery, Logansport.

  Mr. Graves as born in Pleasant Hill, and was a resident of the
Joaquin, Tex. - Logansport area. Mr. Graves was a member of the
First Baptist Church of Logansport, and past master of Mt. Vernon
Lodge #83.

  He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Mrs. Ruth Graves of
Joaquin, Tex.; one son, David Graves and wife Tina of Logansport;
three daughters, Sherry Dean and husband J. E. of Shelbyville,
Tex., Joyce Singleton and husband George of Tyler, Tex., and
Jolynn Lewis and husband Terry of Shreveport; two brothers, J. J.
Graves of Zwolle, and C. H. Graves of Longview, Tex.; two
sisters, Mrs. A. J. Ross of Wisner, and Mrs. K. C. Peterson of
Beaumont, Tex.; nine grandchildren; three great grandchildren;
and a host of other relatives and friends.

  Pallbearers were Harold Cogswell, Jack Andrea, Gene Fulmer, Webb
Dean, Dwight Hill, John Lawrence, Vernon Eason, and Jack Canton.

  Honorary pallbearers were Dudley Ramsey, Charlie Dodd, and J. O.
Shahan.