Randy Graves
April 15, 1945 ~ March 9, 2009
Resided in:
Leicester, NC
Asheville Butterfly Trail
Randy Graves, 63, of 1129 South Turkey Creek Road, Leicester, died Monday, March 9, 2009.
Mr. Graves was born in Brunswick, GA, and was a son of Louise Johnson Graves of Leicester and the late John Graves. He served as a crash firefighter with the US Air Force. He was the founder, owner, and broker in charge of Smoky Mountains Realty.
Mr. Graves had lived in the Leicester community for 34 years was a member of Biltmore Masonic Lodge and Newfound Baptist Church where he served on the Deacon Board. He also served with the Savannah, GA Fire Department for four years.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, Greta Cook Graves; two sons, Lance Graves and wife, Valerie, of Leicester and Andy Graves and wife, Rachel, of Alexander; three grandchildren, Mattie Graves, Jessica Graves and Dalton Graves; one sister, Kathy Bleckley and husband, Glenn, of Candler, and his dear friends, Bob Goodwin of Leicester and Jimmy Hieronymus of Savannah.
The funeral will be at 4:00 p.m. Thursday at Newfound Baptist Church with the Revs. Charles Phillips, Mark Ball and Ricky Townsend officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Max Parham, Mike Ingle, Frank Cook, Andrew Helton, Bobby Nelon and Julian Carver.
The family will receive friends Thursday at the church from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Groce Funeral Home on Patton Avenue is assisting with the arrangements.
Greta,
You and your family are in our thoughts and prayers. The few years I have known Randy he has been
a blessing to me. I always enjoyed our conversations, he was so grateful to have you as a wife and grateful for God sparing your life. I told Alita it seems we now have more friends on the other side than here.
May God Bless You and keep you during this time. If I can ever help you please call me. 674-4971
I am so glad this is not the end!!
My deepest sympathy goes out to the entire family. You will be in my prayers. God bless you all.
Sharing in your pain, may God bless and strengthen you. We will be thinking of you often.
In God’s Love,
Ken, Donna and Rose
Lance, Valerie and the Graves Family,
I was sorry to hear about your Dad. I sat beside him at our Christmas program and he seemed so proud to see his family involved in the church play. You will all be in our thoughts in the coming days.
In sympathy,
Freda Plemmons Woody
Lance and Family,
I am so sorry for your loss. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and our family.
Greta: Doris and I will keep you in our prayers. Though we only spent a short time together I feel I have known Randy all my life and am proud to call him my friend. May God give you stregnth at this difficult time.
Greta,Lance,Valerie,Andy&Rachel,I am so sorry for your loss.My thoughts and prayers are with you all.Randy was such a nice person. I always enjoyed waiting on him at the Grill.He will be greatly missed by everyone that knew him .
Greta,Lance,Valerie,Andy&Rachel,I am so sorry for your loss.My thoughts and prayers are with you all.Randy was such a nice person. I always enjoyed waiting on him at the Grill.He will be greatly missed by everyone that knew him .
Sorry for your loss. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
Susie and Wendy Brown
Dear Lance and family,
Just wanted you to know that our thoughts and prayers are with you during this difficult time. God’s love and strength will get you through the days to come till you are once again reunited.
Greta, Lance, Andy,
We are so sorry for your loss. God is faithful, He will comfort and meet your need. Our hope is in Him.
You are in our prayers.
Andy and Family,
Sorry to hear of your family’s loss. Just wanted you to know I am thinking of you all during this difficult time.
Dear Greta and family;
I was shocked when I saw that Randy had passed away.He was such a wonderful man.Please know that you are all in my prayers and we know that Randy is in the arms of Jesus.This is a most difficult time but there are so many people that love you all and so many lives Randy touched that his memory will be forever remembered.
Andy,
It’s been a lot of years since i got to know you and your family, and what a great one it is. I was shocked to hear the news from Noel of your Dad’s passing, I always wonder why things happen,but know that it is all in Gods hands and he will see you through it all. Things may seem terriable now,but they will get better, and you will always have the memories. Know that you are in my thoughts and prayers.
Dear Greta and Family,
We are so sorry we will be unable to be with you tomorrow as you remember the life of Randy. We express our deepest sympathy to you during this difficult time of loss. We know you will miss Randy immensely and we hope you can take comfort in your precious family and friends in which God has richly blessed you with and the memories of Randy you will always cherish.
Dear Greta, Andy & Rachel, Lance & Valerie, My thoughts and prayers are with all of you. This is a very long and difficult path you will be traveling and I wish you peace as you move through it. You have been part of my support these past 3+ years and I appreciate it. I’m sorry I cannot be there but hope to see you soon.
Love, Mare
We were only with you briefly, but through your beautiful family, we knew the goodness of your soul. You have left a beautiful legacy here on earth and they were blessed to be your family. With our depest sympathy, Kirt and Joan Grayson
Greta, Lance & Andy,
We are so sorry for your loss and that we are unable to be with you today as you celebrate Randy’s life. We all know now that he is no longer suffering and he himself is celebrating with his Lord. We will pray that God will help you through this loss, He is the only one who can give you that strength. Love and Prayers to each of you.
Greta, Lance and Andy, and family
I am sorry that I could not come to the funeral home, but I wanted to say that you are all in my prayers.Our deepest sympathy is with you in your time of loss.You have all always been such a great group of friends and such and such a blessing down through the years. May God comfort you during this time and bless each one of your family members.
Andy and family,
I am so sorry to hear about your loss. I met Randy many years ago when he was Deerpark manager. Please know you are in my thoughts and prayers. Just put your trust in God and He will give you the strength needed to get through this difficult time.
Greta, Lance & Andy:
I’m sure that you don’t remember me, but I attended Newfound many years ago & you & your family have always been in my prayers because you all were & are an inspiration. I was blessed again when you all visited Macedonia Baptist Church. I’m so sorry to hear about Randy. Earth’s loss is Heaven’s gain & Randy is now rejoicing with the angels. You will always have him watching over you. I pray that God wrap his arms around you & comfort you all during this difficult time.
Love in Christ,
Mikki Hunter Lewis
Greta, Lance, Andy and family:
Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
In Christ,
Daryl, Cynthia and Abby Sampson
DEAR Lance and family.I’m so sorry for you great loss. I did not know your dad but I heard you speak of him as a loving son. As a man who loved the Lord and raised a son to do the same, his legacy through you, will continue to bless others. May god comfort you all in his arms and give you peace in knowing your dad is with the father. In christian love, we are Rick & Janie Green.
I will always miss Randy. Randy and I went to school, where we played football, hunted and fished together. We stay best of friends, until his passing. I will call Geta Mira as long as we both live. God bless Geta Mira, Lance and ( Red headed) Andy. I love all of them. Jimmy Hieronymus