Jimmy Taylor

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IN LOVING MEMORY

Jimmy Taylor Graves

Sep 05 1945 - Apr 11 2025

Jimmy Taylor Graves of McKinney, Texas passed away peacefully on April 11, 2025, in McKinney, Texas, at the age of 79.

He was born on September 5, 1945, in Hondo, Texas to Charles W. Graves, Jr. and Frances (Taylor) Graves. He was a graduate of McKinney High School, Class of 1964, attended Tyler Junior College and University of Texas at Tyler. 

Jim loved to play golf and enjoyed fishing and spending time with family and friends. Following the military, he spent his professional life with Texas Electric Utility Companies, retiring from Oncor then working as a consultant.

Jimmy is survived by his beloved wife, Sandra (Ritter) Graves of McKinney, Texas; daughters, Laurie Dobbs and husband, Randy of Prosper, Texas, Susan York and husband, Billy of McKinney, Texas, and Jamye Shotwell and husband, Jeff of Dallas; grandchildren, Ethan Dobbs, Victoria Vale, Jennifer Jowers and husband, Bryan (great-grandchild, Jackson Jowers), Austin York, Elizabeth Daniels, Ben, Blake and Sidney Shotwell; brother, Robert Graves and wife, Sandy and their children, Courtney and Thomas of Michigan; numerous other loving family members and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Charles and Frances Graves and sister, Helene Graves-Chapman.

A remembrance gathering will be held on Saturday, May 17, 2025 from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. at Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Funeral Home, 2525 Central Expressway North, Allen, Texas 75013. Jimmy will be inurned at Ridgeview Memorial Park in Allen.

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