Eleventh Generation

9876. Carl Raymond GRAVES was born on 19 August 1885 in Rock Bluffs, Cass Co., NE. He appeared in the census in 1900 in Plattsmouth Precinct, Cass Co., NE. Carl R., son, W, M, Aug 1885, 14, S, NE, TN, MO
He died on 29 January 1960 at the age of 74 in Inglewood, Los Angeles Co., CA. OBITUARY
Carl Raymond Graves, 74, of South Freeman Blvd, Inglewood, Calif., died of a heart attack , in his home, Jan. 29, 1960. Born in Rock Bluffs, Neb. on August 19, 1885, he was the elder son of the late A.J. Graves, former county attorney of Cass county, and Emma A. Graves, longtime residents of Plattsmouth. A graduate in the class of 1902, of the Plattsmouth High School, Carl (Cal) was also a popular baseball player here and in a bush league at Ulysses. The re he met and later married Nettie Octavia Spelts, in 1909. An employee of the Bell Telephone Co. for 42 years at Lincoln, Neb. and Sioux City, IA., he retired in 1950. With his family he moved to Inglewood, where he lived the remainder of his life. Surviving him, besides his wife, Nettie O. Graves, is a son Harold Raymond Graves and three granddaughters, Saundra, Carla and Jo Ellen Graves, all of Hawthorne, Calif., a brother Paul E. Graves, of El Monte , CA., two sisters, Mrs. Adeline Amen of Lincoln, Neb. and Mrs. Ethel Grage of Walnut Grove, Calif. He was a cousin of Judge James H. Graves of Plattsmouth, Nebr. Services were held Feb. 1 in "The Little Church Around The Corner", in Inglewood, Calif. Burial was in Inglewood Park Cemetery. (Plattsmouth Journal, Plattsmouth, Nebraska, pg 8, Sec B, 11 Feb 1960)
Carl was buried on 1 February 1960 in Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA.

Carl Raymond GRAVES and Nettie Octavia SPELTS were married in 1909. Nettie Octavia SPELTS was born (date unknown).

Carl Raymond GRAVES and Nettie Octavia SPELTS had the following children: