Joseph Abraham Hargraves - son of Willam Beverly Hargraves and Elizabeth Walden; husband of Mary Elizabeth Clark, married 12 Feb 1893. Six children were born of this union - Caroline Elizabeth, Thomas Leroy, James Anthony, Joseph Vance, Ruby Mae and Mary Lou.

Joseph Hargraves and Mary Clark were first cousins as their mothers Elizabeth Walden Hargraves and Susan Caroline Walden Clark were sisters.

OBITUARY
Published: Waycross Journal-Herald (GA) - Monday, June 22, 1936, page3

JOSEPH A. HARGRAVES
Joseph A. Hargraves, age 67, beloved Ware county citizen, died last night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. John Tison of Millwood, after a lingering illness.

The deceased is survived by his widow; three sons, Leroy, Ashburn, Ga.; Anthony, Alma, Ga.; Vance, Brooklet, Ga.; three daughters, Mrs. John Tison, Millwood; Mrs. D. E. Rewis, Macon; Mrs. Clyde Wallace, Metter; two brothers, W.D. Hargraves, Okeechobee, Fla.; M. L. Hargraves, Birmingham, Ala.; six sisters, Mrs. M.J. McDaniel, Selma, Ala., Mrs. S.S. O'Steen, Orlando, Fla.; Mrs. F.H. Herring, Hildreth, Fla.; Mrs. John T. Morgan, Jacksonville, Fla.; Mrs. Lewis Bennett, Waycross and Mrs. Nettie O'Berry, Millwood.

Funeral services conducted by the Rev. W. R. Beall will be held from the Millwood Baptist Church Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. Interment will be at the family burial lot in the Hargraves cemetery near Millwood.

The deceased was a consistent member of the Baptist Church and had hosts of friends throughout South Georgia as well as in Florida and Alabama.

Ulmer Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Georgia Death Index
Name: Joseph A Hargraves
Death Date: 22 Jun 1936
County of Death: Ware
Certificate: 26535

Photograph provided by G-Grandaughter S.McKenney.