Thelma Graves' Obituary
Thelma Clemons Graves, 80, died March 2, 2013 after a long illness. She was born in Finger, TN on November 30, 1932, the daughter of Elmer and Margie Clemons. She graduated from Millington Central High School in 1950. She married her husband, Frank on December 24, 1952, and after living in Columbia, SC and Miami, FL, they returned to Memphis. She worked as Personnel Manager at Butler Brothers, and many years for the Memphis Board of Education. In the years before her retirement, she worked at Baptist Memorial Hospital East, where she was Co-Director of the Womens Resource Center. They had 3 children, Susan Graves Moss (deceased), Frank Merritt Graves III (deceased), and Karin Graves Ruffin (Jeff). In addition to her loving husband of 60 years and her daughter, she leaves 4 grandchildren, David Moss, Dana Moss, Caroline Ruffin, and Carter Ruffin. A visitation will be held March 6 at Noon, with service to follow at 1pm, both at Memorial Park Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery.Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Park Funeral Home and Cemetery, 5668 Poplar Ave. Memphis, TN 38119, “Behind the Stone Wall”.
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