James F. Graves
James F. Graves, of Campbellsville, son of the late W. Ernest Graves and Nelle Burdette Graves, was born January 22, 1924, in Taylor County, Kentucky. He died at 4:00 P.M., Sunday, July 21, 2013 in Campbellsville. Age: 89
He professed faith in Christ and was a member of Campbellsville Baptist Church.
He was a veteran of World War II having served his country honorably in the Army Air Force. He graduated as a fighter pilot and served with the 8th Air Force in Europe as a P-51 pilot. He joined the Army National Guard and was activated during the Korean Conflict, serving with the regular Army in Germany for three years. He accepted a full time position with the National Guard and retired as Colonel of the Kentucky Army National Guard after thirty-six years of service, with thirty of those years with the Kentucky Army National Guard.
He was a graduate of the basic and advanced courses in Artillery at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma, the Command and General Staff College at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas and the Inspector General and Auditor General Course in Washington, D.C.
He graduated from Campbellsville College when it was a two year college.
He united in marriage to Mary Jewell Vaughn January 10, 1950. Mary Jewell joined him in Germany and their daughter, Virginia, was born in an Army hospital in Nuremburg, Germany.
Besides his wife, Mary Jewell Graves, he is survived by one daughter, Virginia Alicia Graves of Clarksville, Tennessee; one nephew, Dr. Eugene H. Shively and wife, Susan of Campbellsville; one great-nephew and one great-niece: Alexander G. Shively and wife, Christina E. of Campbellsville and Dr. Victoria Shively Graham and husband, Michael L. of Louisville;
many other relatives and friends.
He was also preceded in death by a sister, Virginia Graves Shively March 23, 2013.
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VISITATION: 5:00 – 8:00 P.M., Wednesday, July 24, 2013 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home
FUNERAL SERVICE: 11:00 A.M., Thursday, July 25, 2013 at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by Rev. John Chowning
BURIAL: Brookside Cemetery with Full Military Honors by the Marion County Veterans Honor Guard
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