James Morris Graves

James Morris Graves, 70, of Ripley, died Tuesday, March 11, 2003 at Ripley Healthcare Nursing Center.

Services will be at 11 p.m. Saturday at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Ripley with the Rev. J.E. Jones officiating.

The family will receive visitors at 12-6 p.m. today at Currie's Funeral Home in Henning.

Survivors include four daughters, Karen Shaw, Sandra Turner, Chandra Cage and Sheltonia Bonds, all of Ripley; two sons, James T. Graves and Richard Bands of Ripley; five sisters, Louise Haley of Dyersburg, Delois Peat and Cheryl Taylor, both of Ripley and Rebecca Wilson and Billie graves, both of Decatur, Ill.; five brothers, Arthur Graves of Ripley, Rozelle Graves, Roy Lee Graves, Larry Graves and Robert Graves, all of Decatur, Ill.; and 11 grandchildren.