Obituaries published in the Thursday, May 16, 2002, edition of The Messenger.

Published 12:00 am Thursday, May 16, 2002

Vera C. Graves

Services for Vera C. Graves, 87, of Montgomery who died May 14, 2002, at Baptist Medical Center East will be at 2 p.m. Friday, May 17, 2002, at Skeen Funeral Home Chapel in Troy with the Rev. Benny Cole officiating. She will lie-in-state from 1 p.m. until 2 p.m.

Burial will be in Green Hills Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Skeen Funeral Home of Troy.

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Visitation will be from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. Thursday May 16, 2002 at the funeral home.

Ms. Graves was born May 18, 1914, in Pike County.

She completed four years of college with a B S. in Nursing. She was a nurse at the V.A. Hospital. Her parents were Charles David Graves, Sr. and Ada Mae Carter.

The family requests memorials be made to The American Kidney Fund, 6110 Executive Blvd., Suite 1010, Rockville, MD, 20852.

Survivors include two nieces, Anna Lambert and Denise Lovett both of Charlotte, NC; brother, Raymond Graves of Montgomery and several nieces and nephews.