Obituary for Kelli Graves

Ponca City Now - November 24, 2020 2:26 pm

Kelli Eileen Graves

March 15, 1972 – November 21, 2020

Kelli Eileen Graves, resident of Ponca City, Oklahoma, passed away Saturday, November 21, 2020 at Integris Baptist Hospital in Oklahoma City. She was 48.

The celebration of her life will be held at 2:00 pm, November 27, 2020 at the Trout Funeral Home Chapel with Gayle Young officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Trout Funeral Home & Crematory.

Kelli was born to James L and Nala J. (Scovill) Watkins on March 15, 1972 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was married to Mark Graves on June 13, 1992 in Ponca City. Kelli graduated from Ponca City High School and N.O.C. She was a Secretary for Lincoln Elementary School. Kelli had a passion for all things theatre and music, and often acted, stage managed, and directed with Ponca Playhouse and Evan’s Children Academy of Performing Arts.

She is survived by her husband Mark Graves of Ponca City, her sons Matthew Graves of Norman, OK, Joshua Graves and Daniel Graves of Ponca City, her mother Nala Watkins of Ponca City, sisters Kirsten and husband Eric Harbeson of Farmington, NM, Karen and husband Jesse Payne of Ponca City, her aunts Cindy and husband Sammy Bearskin, Linda and husband David Burney, and Betsy Keyes, her uncle Dr. Ed and wife Dr. Donna Scovill, numerous nieces and nephews who affectionately dubbed her Aunt Kelki, her godmother Janice and husband David McHughes, and the many theatre kids she had throughout the years that, though unrelated, called her mom.

She was preceded in death by her father James Watkins, her brother Kirk Watkins, her grandparents Rusty and Eileen Scovill, Elenor and Samuel Watkins, and her uncle Lee Keyes.

Memorial Contributions may be made to the Evan’s Children Academy of Performing Arts. We invite you to leave a message of condolence, expression of sympathy or perhaps share a memory of Kelli at www.troutfuneralhome.com.

Source: Trout Funeral Home