Gwen Graves

Gwen Graves, 85 of Dumas, passed away on Wednesday, February 25, 2015. Memorial Services are scheduled for 2 o\x92clock in the afternoon on Friday, February 27, 2015 at Morrison Memorial Chapel with Rev. Tom Wylie, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, officiating. Private family interment will be in Dumas Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Thursday from 6 o\x92clock until 8 o\x92clock in the evening at the funeral home. Services are entrusted to Morrison Funeral Directors. Gwen was born on May 22, 1929, in Merkel, TX to L.B. and Ida Gertrude (Higgins) McLain. Upon Ida\x92s passing L.B. married Pearl Mickey who raised Gwen from the age of six. On November 20, 1946, she was united in marriage to I.T. Graves in Martin County, TX; he preceded her in death on October 13, 2014. Gwen loved to read and especially enjoyed playing bridge. She was a member of First United Methodist Church and will be dearly missed by all who knew her. In addition to her husband I.T. she is preceded in death by her parents, a son: Larry Graves; a granddaughter: Avry Graves. Gwen is survived by her sons; Travis Graves and wife Ann of Smithville, TX, and Mark Graves and wife Susan of Dumas; a sister: Patsy McLain of Houston, TX; seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The family suggest memorial be made to Avry Graves Sunset Memorial Fund, 7925 Mitcham, Amarillo, TX 79121.