Joellen Sterrett Graves Obituary (1974

HANOVER CHAPELMrs. JoEllen Sterrett Graves, age 51, of Lexington, Indiana entered this life on May 29, 1974 in Columbus, Indiana. She was the loving daughter of Clarence P. and Patricia Ann Chrysty Sterrett. She was raised in Scott County and graduated in 1992 from Scottsburg High School. She was blessed to raise a daughter, Christina. On April 7, 2007, she was united in marriage to Jonathan "Jon" Graves at the Lick Branch Baptist Church near Deputy, Indiana. She was first employed for ten years with Freudenberg NOK in Scottsburg, Indiana. She later began a career with Amazon when it opened, helping there for five years. She had worked for a year with the Census Bureau in Jeffersonville. She loved being with her daughter, her grandchildren, riding motorcycles, camping, fishing and racing. JoEllen died on Sunday, September 14, 2025, at 12:13 p.m. at her daughter's home in Austin, Indiana. Please Click Here to View the Funeral Service Recording A LOVING FAMILY JoEllen will be missed by her dad, Clarence P. Sterrett and his companion, Kay Robbins of Scottsburg, Indiana; her husband of 18 years, Jonathan "Jon" Thomas Graves of Lexington, Indiana; her daughter, Christina Linn Annamae Leonhardt of Austin, Indiana; her stepdaughters, Angie Loos and her husband, Daniel of Hanover, Indiana, Rebecca Lynn Graves of Tennessee, Emily McKeane of Scottsburg, Indiana; her stepson, Michael Thomas Graves and his companion, Felecia of Tennessee; 19 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; her brother, Robert Sterrett and his wife, Venita of Lexington, Indiana; her sister, Kathy Simpson Clements of Austin, Indiana; her sister-in-law, Theresa "Terri" Whisman of Madison, Indiana; several nieces, nephews and other relatives. She was preceded in death by her mother, Patricia A. "Pat" Ann Chrysty Sterrett, died August 22, 2019, and her brother, Clarence Phillip Sterrett, II, died September 17, 2000. FUNERAL CEREMONY Funeral services will be conducted on Sunday, September 21, 2025, at 1:00 p.m., by Pastor Ron Blackman at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre-Hanover Chapel, 278 East Main Street in Hanover, Indiana. Interment will follow in the Lexington Cemetery in Lexington, Indiana VISITATION Friends may visit Sunday, September 21, 2025 from 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre-Hanover Chapel, 278 East Main Street in Hanover, Indiana. MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS Memorial contributions may be made to American Cancer Society or the American Heart Association. Cards are available at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centres of Madison and Hanover. Online condolences, remembrances, and memorials can be left at www.morgan-nay.com To Place An Online Memorial Donation To send a flower arrangement in memory of JoEllen Sterrett Graves, please click here to visit our sympathy store.