Helene Louvale Graves, 80, Fayetteville, died May 5, 2009. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph L. Graves. She worked for S&H Green Stamp Co., until she retired to assist her husband with the family business. She was a member of Fayetteville First United Methodist Church. Services were at the Fayetteville First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Mark Westmoreland and the Rev. Gary Parrish officiating. Interment was at Hopewell United Methodist Church Cemetery, Tyrone.

Survivors include sons, Mickey and Kathie Graves, and Larry and Elizabeth Graves, all of Fayetteville; grandchildren, Shelley Graves Thomas, Andrea Graves Mueller, Brett Graves, Cappi Graves, and Kim Fortner; 11 great-grandchildren; a brother, Douglas and Sandra S. Barge, Hamilton; sisters, Janet and Jerry Adams, Tyrone, Virginia and David Faus, Stone Mountain, and Ilene and Lewis Watson, Jonesboro; and lifelong friend, Betty Jean Rainey, Fayetteville. Carl J. Mowell & Son Funeral Home, Fayetteville, was in charge.