Obit of Graves, Leona Mae - Oklahoma County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 18 Sep 2005 Return to Oklahoma County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/oklahoma/oklahoma.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Marlow Review Leona Mae Graves Leona Mae Graves, 92, passed away Monday, Jan. 17, 2005, in Rush Springs. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, Jan. 21, at the Rush Springs Church of Christ with Clif Werhan officiating. Burial will be held in the Rush Springs Cemetery under the direction of Callaway-Smith-Cobb Funeral Home. Born Aug. 3, 1912, to Archieblad and Avor (Stillwell) Heilman in Oklahoma City, she was a housewife who enjoyed sewing, embroidering and quilting. On August 10, 1929, she married Bernice W. Ridley, he preceded her in death in 1959. Then on June 6, 1966, she married Robert F. Graves in Rush Springs, he preceded her in death on Nov. 18, 1992. She was preceded in death by; her parents; a sister, Kathleen Dunegan; five brothers, Willie, Dan, Fred, Arthur, and Norman Heilman; and a step- son, Herschel Graves. Survivors include, two daughters, Helen Ridley of Fletcher and Jean Gilpin of Rush Springs; a step-son and daughter-in-law, Robert and Myra Graves of Rush Springs; seven grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; eight great- great grandchildren; and two step grandchildren. Other survivors include, a brother and sister-in-law, Archie and Loretta Heilman of Marlow; a sister, Dawn Renfro of Duncan; and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be David Ridley, Claude Ridley, Joe Gilpin, Alan Gilpin, Cary Gilpin, and Phillip Pettijohn. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Oklahoma County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/oklahoma/oklahoma.html