Sussex-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Reese, Thomas E., 1980 

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THOMAS EMMETT REESE 

  Thomas Emmett Reese, age 80, resident of Wakefield died at his home July 27, 
1980.  He was born in Sussex Co., son of the late John Edwin and Louise 
Simmons Bell Reese [sic*].  He received his early education on Portland, Va., 
later attended the College of William and Mary, was a member of Theta Delta 
Chi Fraternity.  He was a well-known lumber and timber estimator and worked as 
a telegrapher on the Virginian Railroad.  He helped located the Johns-
Mansville Plant in Jarratt, Va. and was the first industrial relations manager 
of the plant until 1942, then purchased a lumber company in Wakefield which 
became known as the Reese Lumber Co.  He was active in land and timber sales 
till his death.  A member and trustee of the Wakefield Baptist Church.  He was 
charter member of the Jarratt Ruritan Club, former member of the Elks and 
Eagles Clubs of Petersburg, a member of the Wakefield Masonic Lodge No. 198 
and a member of the Confederate Sons of America.  Mr. Reese is survived by 
his wife, Mary Blanche Short Reese and two daughters, Mrs. Beverly F. Carson, 
Franklin; and Mrs. Gene Glasco of Virginia Beach; son, Thomas Edwin Reese, 
Virginia Beach; seven grandchildren; also survived by four sisters, Mrs. 
Milton Shufelt, Richmond, Mrs. Leon Matthews and Miss Annie Reese of Jarratt 
and Mrs. E.O. Whitmore, Sebrell; three nieces, Miss Dorothy Reese Parker, 
Surry; Mrs. Herbert Parker, Hopewell and Mrs. David Engel, Valparaiso, 
Indiana; a nephew, Oscar E. Parker, Wakefield; three aunts, Misses Berta and 
Jean Reese of Sebrell, Mrs. Maggie Sledge, Emporia and an uncle, Lewis Reese, 
Sebrell.  Mr. Reese has willed his body to the Eastern Medical School. 
Memorial service will be held at the Wakefield Baptist Church, Wednesday July 
30, 11 a.m. Rev. David Irving officiating.  Family suggest memorial donations 
be made to the Waverly and/or Ivor Rescue Squads.  Funeral arrangements of 
Purviance funeral Home, Wakefield. 


Thomas Emmett REESE, lumberman, former Virginian R.R. telegrapher, 
b. 20 Mar 1900, Southampton Co., d. 27 Jul 1980, at home, Sussex Co., 
memorial service 30 Jul 1980, 
marked in Wakefield Cemetery**, 
Purviance Funeral Home obit 

**Wakefield list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

D.Cert. 80-024343. 

His widow's obit (Purviance Funeral Home, 1987) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/r200b4ob.txt 

*His widowed mother, Louise May (SIMMONS; Mrs. John Edwin) REESE, 
   2m. widower Benjamin Thomas BELL, 17 Jun 1920.  (Southampton Co. MB18:77) 
   His parents & grandparents are buried in the SEBRELL-SIMMONS Cemetery, 
   Sebrell - Plots 25 & 8.  His stepfather is buried with his first wife 
   in a BELL family cemetery on Cabin Point Rd. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (IV-12 &c.):
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt 


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