LOIS DRUCELLA GRAVES SHREVEPORT,

Published 12:00 am Monday, December 9, 2002

LOIS DRUCELLA GRAVES

SHREVEPORT, La. Lois Drucella Graves died Friday, Dec. 6, 2002, at Schumpert Medical Center in Shreveport, La. She was 85.

Born in Union Parish, Mrs. Graves was a 60-year resident of Transylvania and lived in Shreveport. She was a fisherman and outdoorsman.

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She was preceded in death by her husband, Wright Graves; one daughter, Della Graves; and her parents, Joseph and Cora Lea Ray.

She is survived by two sons, Boyett Graves of St. Joseph and Frank Wright Graves of Poplarville; three daughters, Minnie Jo Moore of Shreveport, Connie Moody of Collinsville, Okla., and Imogene Hollis of St. Louis, Mo.; one brother, Jimmie Ray of Baton Rouge; one sister, Alice Iru Warren of West Monroe, La.; 12 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Northside Church of Christ with the Rev. Randy Ray and V.W. Hayhurst officiating. Burial will follow at Providence Memorial Cemetery in Lake Providence.

Visitation will be at the church from 1 p.m. today until the service.

Pallbearers will be Johnny Moore Jr., Ryan Moore, Kenneth Graves, G.T. Moody, Scott Moody and Donald Hollis.