Obit of Ray Cecil Graves (g612) - Murray County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Dennis Muncrief 11 May 2003 Return to Murray County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/murray/murray.htm ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ==================================================================== Surnames: Graves Parish Originally Posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UaB.2ACI/803 Ray Cecil Graves Services for Ray Cecil Graves, 84, Sulphur, were held Tuesday, May 6, 2003 at 3:00 p.m. with Rev. Willard McCartney Jr., and Rev. Glenn Clary officiating. Interment was at the Drake Cemetery with Clagg Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. He was born June 8, 1918 in Connerville to Jeneral Graves and Rosalee Parish Graves. He died May 4, 2003 in Oklahoma City. He married Alpha L. Brown on July 1, 1939 at Calera. She preceded him in death on September 20, 1992. He grew up in this area, moved to California in 1942 and back to Sulphur in 1979. He worked as a construction worker for Dodson Construction for several years. He is survived by two daughters, Beverly "Debbie" Beville and Patricia Davidson, both of Sulphur; four sons, Ernie Graves, Tommy Graves, Digger Graves and Jerry Graves, all of Sulphur; two brothers, William H. Graves, Claremore and Marvin Graves, Whitehouse, Texas; two sisters, Bessie Saylor, Vallejo, Calif. and Bill Bray, Chico, Calif.; 19 grandchildren, 40 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a son, Bobby, a daughter, Barbara and 2 grandsons, Clint and Richard. Pallbearers were Charlie Blanton, Hubert Fultz, Tommy Sexton, Michael "Red" Gordon, Justin Collier, Sam Jones and Dan Hughes. Honorary pallbearers were Charlie Kirby, Hubert Price and Floyd Gordon. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Murray County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/murray/murray.htm