Rosa Mae Gravitt

Rosa Mae Gravitt 95 of Sedalia MO passed away Wednesday, November 27, 2024 at

her home.

She was born December 26,1928 in Booneville, MO, a daughter to David Cochran and

Juanita Griffin Cochran. On June 16,1945 in Sedalia MO Rosa married Samuel I

Gravitt. She retired from Bothwell Hospital in Sedalia.

Rosa was instrumental in making sure that her children excelled in extra-curricular

activities and that they obtained higher education. She was very involved within the

community of Sedalia. She was a member of the NAACP and served on the zoning

committee for the construction of the Hubbard apartments. She received the

prestigious award for Unsung Hero. She was a dedicated walker as she walked five

miles a day for twenty-five years. She was a church mother at True Vine Pentecostal

church. She loved to crochet and made blankets for all of her children and

grandchildren.

Survivors include four daughters, Juanita Gravitt of Sedalia MO; Estella Frazier (Harold)

of Sedalia; Lorraine Waters of Sedalia; Norma Poindexter of Marietta Georgia. Two

sons, Samuel Gravitt Jr (Vicki); Clarence Gravitt (Claudia) of Independence MO; Sister,

Norma Hollin of Springfield IL; Sister-in-law Margaret Cochran of Kansas City, MO;

several grandchildren, great grandchildren, great- great-children.

She was preceded in death by her late husband Samuel I Gravitt Sr, Son, Fletcher

Gravitt, Son, Wayne Gravitt, Father, David Cochran, Mother, Juanita Cochran, Brother,

Angel Cochran, Brother, David Cochran, Brother, Walter Cochran, Brother Clarence

Cochran, Sister, Ardell Ferguson.