Obituary of Jessie Leon Reeves, St Francis County, AR

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        Date: 12 Dec 2008
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WWII-NATIVE
REEVES REV. JESSIE LEON
9/18/1919-12/26/1999
SALEM

Rev. Jessie Leon Reeves, age 80, of Forrest City, died Sunday, Dec. 26, 1999, at
Baptist East Hospital in Memphis. He was born Sept. 18, 1919, in Moro, and was
the son of Jessie Reeves and Beulah Woods Reeves. He lived in St. Francis County
most all of his life, was a retired minister, a veteran of WWII and was a member
of the Beck Spur Baptist Church. He married Bessie Salmons in 1948, and she
survives him along with one son, Ronnie Reeves of Forrest City; one daughter,
Mary Pamela Graves of Parkin; two brothers, Clarence Reeves of Palestine and
Bert Reeves of Colt; four sisters, Florence Nickles of Forrest City, Inez
Allison of Conway, Louise Massey of Louisiana and Audrey Hooker of Mississippi;
five grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held
Tuesday, Dec. 28, 1999, at Stevens Funeral Home Chapel with burial following in
Salem Cemetery. Visitation will be held Monday, Dec. 27, 1999, from 6 p.m. until
9 p.m. at Stevens Funeral Home. Stevens Funeral Home is in charge of the
arrangements.

Copyright With Permission: Forrest City Times Newspaper/Forrest City Times Herald
Weston McCollum Lewey, Publisher-Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas