OBIT GRAVES, J.

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: MONDAY, January 27, 1992                   TAG: 9201260028
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: A-6   EDITION: METRO 
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OBIT GRAVES, J.
GRAVES, JAMES W.
James W. Graves, age 66, of Salem, passed away Saturday in a local hospital. He was a retired local builder and an inspector for HUD. He was a member of First Baptist Church; a member of Lakeland Masonic Lodge #190 A.F.&A.M. and a member of the Scottish Rite as a thirty-second degree mason. Mr. Graves was a past patron and member of Williamson Road Chapter 119 of the O.E.S.; a member of the U.C.T. where he was a past grand officer. He was a member of T.P.A. and a recipient of the civitan Good Samaritan Award. He was a lifetime board member of the American Cancer Society; a past president of the International Laryngectomy Association. He was the founder of the local Lost Cord Club and he was a True Voice for the Voiceless. He is survived by his wife, Janet M. Graves, Salem; mother, Elois K. Graves, Roanoke; son and daughter-in-law, James W. Graves, II and Deborah Graves, Roanoke; daughter and son-in-law, Kathy and David Price, Roanoke; three granddaughters, Jennifer Ann Price, Betsy Leigh Graves, and Sarah Elizabeth Price; mother-in-law, Dalphine F. Metz, Roanoke. Funeral services will be held at Oakey's South Chapel, 11:00 a.m. Tuesday. Interment will follow in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Flowers are acceptable but donations may be made to the American Cancer Society. An Eastern Star service will be held on Monday evening at Oakey's South Chapel. Friends may call from 2:00 to 4:00 and 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., Sunday and Monday at Oakey's South Chapel.

by Archana Subramaniam by CNB