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In Loving Memory of Dortha Graves (Dot)

Dortha Betty Graves (DeVaney)

February 3, 1930 – December 3, 2020
Lived 90 years
Greenview Memorial Park · Florence, Alabama
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Dortha B. Graves, 90 of Florence, passed away Thursday, December 3, 2020 at North Alabama Medical Center. She was retired from Monarch Tile and was a member of Central Heights Baptist Church.

A graveside service will be held Sunday, December 6, 2020 in Greenview Memorial Park at 11:00 a.m. with Gary Reagan officiating.

Mrs. Graves was preceded in death by her husband, Granville Graves; parents, Clifford and Nellie Mae Devaney; sisters, Hazel Cole and Louise Sweicicki; brothers, Horace, Leighton, and Herbert Wayne Devaney. She is survived by a son, Jeffery Graves (Carmen); daughters, Debra Goode (Donald) and Beverly Graves; sisters, Sue Reagan (Gary) and Martha Riddick; 8 grandchildren; 13 great children; and 1 Great-Great grandchild.

Pallbearers will be Dustin Burbank, Ron Ultz, Brittney Goode, Matthew Goode, Jason Goode, and Zack Graves

Mother’s passions were her flowers, church family, music, and little children. She loved to read and work puzzles. She will be greatly missed.

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1930
Born February 3
1939
Dortha was 9 when "The Wizard of Oz" opened in theaters
1945
Dortha was 15 when World War II ended
1951
Dortha was 21 when "I Love Lucy" debuted on CBS
1969
Dortha was 39 when "Sesame Street" debuted
1971
Dortha was 41 when Walt Disney World opened in Florida
1989
Dortha was 59 when the Berlin Wall fell
1995
Dortha was 65 when "Toy Story" became the first fully computer-animated film
2005
Dortha was 75 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2014
Dortha was 84 when the Ice Bucket Challenge went viral
2020
Passed away December 3, age 90
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