Beth Graves

Graveside service will be 1:00 p.m., Friday, October 2, 2020 at Fairlawn Cemetery, Chickasha, OK.

Mollie E. (Beth) Graves, 86, of Chickasha, OK passed away on Tuesday, September 29, 2020 in Chickasha, Oklahoma.  She was born May 18, 1934 in Center, Texas to James Leland and Tennie Mae (Lambert) Smotherman.

Beth had lived in Chickasha most of her life.  She graduated from Chickasha High School and attended and graduated from Oklahoma College for Women (USAO).  She went on to teach Home Economics at Cement High School and worked at OESC in Chickasha for 15 years.  She received her Elementary Teaching Certificate and taught elementary at Bradley and Alex schools where she eventually retired.

She married Bob Graves in June 1954.

She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband Bob Graves on March 7, 2009; brother Charlie Joe Smotherman; granddaughter Rebecca Lipscomb; son-in-law Mike Smith, brother-in-law, Bill Graves; and a great grandchild Trenton N. Barefield.

Beth is survived by her daughters:  Robin Smith and husband Terry; Jan Frazer and Pam Smith;

9 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren and a great-great grandchild on the way;

and her sister-in-law Nona Graves and sister-in-law Elsie Smotherman.

Services are under the direction of Sevier Funeral Home, Chickasha, OK.