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Obituary for MUSGRAVES


Published in the Albuquerque Journal on Thursday July 18, 2013

MUSGRAVES, BOBBY EARL Funeral services for Bobby Earl Musgraves, 81, of Duncan, OK, will be Friday morning at 10:00AM at the Elk Avenue Church of Christ in Duncan, OK under the direction of Don Grantham Funeral Home and officiated by Robert Teague. Interment to follow at Duncan Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Thursday evening from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. Bobby Earl Musgraves passed away Monday evening, July 15, 2013, at a local hospital. Bob was born on February 4, 1932 in Fox, OK, to Ernest DeArmond Musgraves and Mattie J. Grimmett Musgraves. Bob served in the US Navy from 1951 to 1955; he lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico working as a safety director for an Albuquerque trucking company. On August 11, 1995, Bob married his wife Virginia Scott-Musgraves in Las Vegas, Nevada. Bob was an avid fisherman and enjoyed the times he spent drinking coffee with his coffee buddies Ron and Bill. Bob is survived by his wife, Virginia Musgraves of Duncan, OK; son, Robert Musgraves and his wife, Joan, of Denver, CO; sisters, Oweeta Faye Hall of St. Louis, MO; and Sue Hennan Rochell and her husband, Ron, of Duncan, OK; grandchildren, David Musgraves, Andrew Musgraves, Ashley Bair, and Samantha Musgraves. Other survivors include: step-son, Nick Scott and his wife Donna of Duncan; step-daughter, Becky Robinson and her husband Larry of Ocala, FL. Bob was preceded in death by his first wife, Betty Sorrells Musgraves; son, Gregory Musgraves; brother, Ernest Jr.; sister, Ruth Knowles and his parents. Pallbearers are Clint Imel, Brad Hennan, Eric Hennan, Ron Rochell, Danny and Carl Musgraves, Andrew and David Musgraves. The family would like to ask that memorial donations be made to the Horizons Unit at Duncan Regional Hospital, to Cyndi Crook c/o DRH Health Foundation, P.O. Box 2000, Duncan, OK 73534 or to the charity of your choice. Online condolences may be made at www.granthamfuneralhomes.com