A funeral service for Mrs. Frances Modene "Dean" Graves will be held on Saturday, June 6, 2020 at 10:00a.m. in the chapel of Downs Funeral Home, visitation will be held one hour prior to service time. Bro. Craig Evers, Bro. Ron Hardman, and Bro. Sandy Hoover will officiate the service. Interment will follow immediately after the service going to Eagle Creek Cemetery in Harleton, Texas.

Frances Modene "Dean" Graves 88, of Harleton, Texas was born on May 19, 1932 in Morton, Texas to her parents, Jesse Ree Evers and Thelma Estelle McBride. Mrs. Graves passed away in her family home on Wednesday, June 3, 2020. She graduated from Texas A&M University with her Associates degree. She married the love of her life, Curtis Eugene Graves in Lubbock, Texas on January 31, 1965. Mrs. Graves was a member of Athey Baptist Church and Eastern Star. Some of her favorite things to do were painting and sewing.

Mrs. Graves is survived by her loving husband, Curtis Graves; siblings, Linda Stringfellow and spouse, David, Betty Jo Seals and spouse, Otis, Wilburn "Bo" Evers , and Clysta Britton; grandchildren, Lauren "Sweetie DeeDee" Lusk, and Zach Sills; great-grandchildren, Lulu Bearden, Lyla Bearden, Mayce Wallace, Lane Lusk and Leya Lusk; multiple nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Graves is preceded in death by her parents; sons, Jerry Boyd Graves and Larry Dean Lusk; brothers, C.L. "Buddy" Evers, Jesse Richard "Junior" Evers, Billy Ray Evers, and Jerry David "Catfish" Evers.