Ernestine B. Graves

Ernestine B. Graves, 89, of Thornton died Saturday, January 03, 2015 at Ouachita County Medical Center in Camden. She was born November 21, 1925 in Holly Springs, Arkansas. She was a homemaker and a member of First Southern Baptist Church in Bearden. She is preceded in death by her parents, Charlie Beeson and Mary Alice Ernest Beeson; husband, Rev. John H. Graves; four brothers, Sam Beeson, John Beeson, George Beeson, Grady Beeson; two sisters, Mary Jones, Joann Skipper; and two great grandchildren, Little David Howell and Blake Nutt. She is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Mark and Vicki Graves of Texarkana; two daughters and sons-in-law, Linda and Dennis Nalls of Sparkman and Ann and Mike Nutt of Hampton; one sister, Jenny Fowler of Vandalia, OH; six grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Visitation will be Monday 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm at Benton Funeral Home in Bearden. Funeral services will be 2:00 pm Tuesday at First Southern Baptist Church in Bearden with Rev. Mike Nutt and Rev. Steve Fleming officiating. Burial will follow at Moss Hill Cemetery. Arrangements by Benton Funeral Home in Fordyce/Bearden. To sign the online register visit www.bentonfuneralhome.net .