Mary Rogers Graves ANDERSON, SC Mary Rogers Graves left to join her Lord and Savior on Sunday November 24, 2013. She departed this earth peacefully in the arms of her daughter Joy and surrounded by loving nurses in Washington DC. Mrs. Graves was a Charter member of Trinity Methodist Church in Anderson and served on the board of Pendleton Methodist Church in the 1990's. She was a member of the National Association of Realtors. She spent her childhood in the Southern countryside of upstate South Carolina until attending Long Creek Academy boarding school at the age of 13. She was an aspiring missionary but instead of missions in the fields afar she found her very happy and rewarding mission being a devoted wife and mother. Over the years she enjoyed traveling to visit her daughter Joy and her grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was an avid traveler, reader, bridge player, and gardener. She took great pleasure in writing, especially memoirs for her family. She was a very talented homemaker who enjoyed designing and decorating. She was well known for the freshly baked cookies she would give to friends and those with whom she did business. While she lived in numerous cities in the US, Anderson is where she always returned and is the place she called home. Mrs. Graves was born June 11, 1929 to the late Commodore Franklin Rogers and Ila Brown Rogers. Mrs. Graves is survived by her daughter Mary Joy Fowler Spragens and husband Jeff of Fisher Island, FL and Washington DC, and son J. Reed Fowler of Anderson, SC goddaughter Helen Adams Ingram and family of Greenville, SC; grandchildren Curtis Walls and family of Suffolk, VA, Mary McKnight Kupferschmid and family of Alpine NJ, JC McKnight and family of Washington DC, Jill Walls of Geneva, IL, Sean Turner of Reston VA, Robin Spragens Trepanier and family of Washington, DC, and Lee Spragens Irwin and family of Beverly Hills, CA; great grandchildren Josh and Allison Walls, Ashley Claire, William, and Mary Paige Kupferschmid, JP McKnight, Luke and Jake Trepanier, and Ryan and Jaxon Irwin. She is also survived by her brother Frank Rogers and his family of Clemson, SC as well as numerous and much loved nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband Curtis Reed Fowler in 1969, husband Wesley Graves in 1997, daughter Curtis Ruth (Bunny) Walls in 2010, daughter Nancy Graves Turner in 2011, granddaughter Kelly Turner Gordon in 2011, sisters Bertha R. Ellis is 1993, Elvira R. Meredith in 2000, and Octavia R. Whitworth in 2006. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, November 30th, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church in Anderson, SC with the Rev. Paul Frey officiating. Interment will follow the service at Old Silver Brook Cemetery in Anderson, SC. Mrs. Graves family will receive friends at The McDougald Funeral Home in Anderson, SC on Friday, November 29, 2013 from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. If desired, in lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to: Shriners Hospital for Children in Greenville, SC or Trinity United Methodist Church in Anderson, SC. Events Visitation Friday, November 29, 2013 6:00PM - 8:00PM The McDougald Funeral Home 2211 North Main Street Anderson, SC 29621 Email: Gail@mcdougaldfuneralhome.com,laurel@mcdougaldfuneralhome.com Phone: (864) 224-4343 Funeral Service Saturday, November 30, 2013 2:00PM Trinity United Methodist Church 1809 N. Main Street Anderson, SC 29621 Phone: 8642242531 Final Resting Place Old Silver Brook Cemetery 1405 White Street Anderson, SC 29621