Nov. 20, 1951 – April 22, 2016

FAYETTE — Services for Ruby Lee Graves, 64, of Fayette, who died Friday, April 22, 2016, at Merit Health Natchez, will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Locust Grove Baptist Church in Fayette with the Rev. Curtis Smith officiating.

Burial will follow at the church cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Natchez funeral home chapel and from noon until service time Saturday at the church.

Ms. Graves was born Nov. 20, 1951, in Harriston, the daughter of Amos and Nellie Graves.

She was preceded in death by her parents and three siblings, Claude Graves, James Graves Sr. and Gloria “Helen” Smith.

Survivors include two sons, Courtney Graves and wife, ShaShonda, and Titus Graves; five sisters, Lela Mae Graves, Lela Ann Shelvy and husband, Robert, Louise Berry and husband, Samuel, Loucille Bailey and husband, James, and Dorothy Graves; seven brothers, Amos Graves Jr., Max Graves Sr., Henry Graves and wife, Johnnie Mae, Ray Graves Sr., Issac Graves Sr. and wife, Gloria, Sjurn Graves and wife, Lillie, and Michael Graves; and a number of grandchildren, nephews, nieces and cousins.