Graves, Bertha Jane "B.J." 

MARSHALL -- Services for Bertha Jane "B.J." Graves, 60, of 
Marshall, will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 7, 2006, Ward 
Chapel AME Church on Allen Street in Marshall. Interment 
will follow in Minnieweather Cemetery. Arrangements are by 
Downs Funeral Home. Mrs. Graves died June 3, 2006, at a 
Marshall hospital. Survivors include her husband, Larry 
Graves; her daughters, Shiree' Darnell Taylor Hicks, Margaret 
Ianthian Taylor Carr and Terri Lynette Taylor; son, Semp Pief 
Taylor; and mother, Georgia Lee Williams. Visitation will be 
6-8 p.m. Tuesday, June 6, 2006, at the funeral home at 4608 
Elysian Fields Road, Marshall. Online sympathies may be made 
to the family by e-mail at keithadowns@aol.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 6/5/2006.