Obituary for
Thomas Earl Graves
submitted by
Edgle Dyer
| Services for
Thomas Earl Graves, 77, of Brownfield will be at 10:30 am, Friday,
July 25, at Brownfield Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Rev. Chris
Seaton officiating. Burial will be in Brownfield Cemetery under the
direction of Brownfield Funeral Home. Earl passed away Tuesday, July 22, 2008, in Brownfield. He was born April 5, 1931, in Turkey, Texas to William Rufus and Birdie Graves. He married Janice Mae Rankin, Feb. 16, 1953, in Lovington, N.M. They moved to Brownfield in 1961. Earl farmed and retired in 2002. He is preceded in death by a daughter, Rose Mary "Cookie" Waitman, a brother and two sisters. Earl is survived by his wife Janice of Brownfield; two daughters, Linda Monfore of Brownfield and Pamela Jean Lieb of Weatherford; two sons, Dennis Earl Graves of Brownfield and James Ray Graves of Abilene; nine grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren; a sister, Bertie Holcombe of Brownfield. Brownfield News |