Edmund Graves, aged 77 years, died at his home a few miles south of Brandon, Friday morning at 5:30 am and was buried at Dry Creek Cemetery the next day. Mr. Graves came to Rankin County a few years ago from Smith County, and had lived a quiet and peaceful life, and his loss will be deeply deplored. He leaves a son, J. W. Graves and a daughter.
(Copied from The Brandon News, Brandon, MS, Thursday, March 1, 1906.)
Edmund Graves, aged 77 years, died at his home a few miles south of Brandon, Friday morning at 5:30 am and was buried at Dry Creek Cemetery the next day. Mr. Graves came to Rankin County a few years ago from Smith County, and had lived a quiet and peaceful life, and his loss will be deeply deplored. He leaves a son, J. W. Graves and a daughter.
(Copied from The Brandon News, Brandon, MS, Thursday, March 1, 1906.)
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His daughter Martha Graves Laird and her husband are buried on the immediate left of his grave.
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