Bennie H. Graves, Jr.
11/22/1956 - 10/30/2021
Bennie Hubert Graves, Jr. of Madison, NC was born on November 22nd, 1956 and went to be with the Lord on October 30th, 2021. He graduated from Rockingham High School in 1975, then attended Appalachian State University. He devoted his life to his love of trucking. Bennie spent the next four decades successfully owning and operating Bennie Graves Trucking in Winston-Salem, NC where he lived for most of his adult life. He shared over 34 years of precious memories with Stella G. and they were blessed with children.
Bennie spent the last few years on this earth with end stage renal failure. Everyday was a physical and mental struggle, yet he was as positive as he could be. He loved to share his goofy jokes with whoever would listen. He was an incredibly genuine father, son, brother, mentor and good-hearted friend to many. His last reflections on this life were of satisfaction. He said he did everything he wanted to do: have a family, travel all over, share compassion with the community, and enjoy the trucking life. Though this earthly ending did not go as planned, he would always say to hold your head up high and keep on trucking.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Bennie Graves and Carrie Graves (Martin) and his sister, Ellen Martin.
He leaves to cherish his memory, his life partner Stella G.; son: Apollo Graves; daughters: Asia and Nichole Graves; sisters: Myrtle (Lewis) Kee, Edith (Arthur) Wiley, Rosetta (d. Lawrence) Williamson, Frances Graves, Louise (Quentin) Smith, Annie Lee (d. Ricky) Spain, Gayle Graves, Patricia Graves; brothers: Julius (Toni) Graves, Timothy (Terrie) Graves; many nieces and nephews, and even more close friends that might as well be family.
We ask that no flowers be forwarded to the funeral home, but to make any size donation to the American Kidney Fund at https://www.kidneyfund.org