FORMER NOLAN CONSTABLE DIES
Sweetwater - Neely D. Reeves, 89, well-known resident of Sweetwater since 1924, died at 5:15 a.m. Friday following a lengthy illness.
Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Cate-Spencer Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Orvel Brantley, pastor of Lamar Street Baptist Church, officiating, assisted by Larry Fluitt, minister of the Lamar Street Church of Christ. Burial will be in the Garden of Memories Cemetery. Pallbearers will be John Halbert, Charles Nunn, Gerald Byrd, Gene Graves, M. H. Templeton and Pat Mays.
Born April 7, 1881 in Hope, Ark., he was a resident of Sweetwater since 1924.
He was constable for 15 years in the sheriff's department as office deputy and served ten months as county judge, filling the unexpired term of Judge Delas Reeves (no kin). He married Eula Nesminger on April 27, 1935 in Sweetwater.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, W. F. (Dub) of Sweetwater and Leon of Odessa; three daughters, Mrs. Arthur Witt of Phoenix, Ariz., Mrs. Noelia Joe Witherspoon of Charlotte, N.C., and Mrs. Leon Lamm of Sweetwater; three sisters, Mrs. Lola Murworth of Dallas, Mrs. Becca Murworth of Bonham and Mrs. Nancy Murphy of Marshall; 13 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren.
From The Abilene (TX) Reporter, Saturday, June 13, 1970, Page 3-A
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NOLAN COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE
name: Neely Derandy Reeves
death date: 12 Jun 1970
death place: Simmons Memorial Hospital, Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas
cause of death: Generalized carcinamatosis; carcinoma of the prostate
gender: Male
race: White
death age: 88 years
estimated birth date: 1882
birth date: 07 Apr 1882
birthplace: Hope, Arkansas
marital status: Married
spouse's name:
father's name: I.R. Reeves
father's birthplace:
mother's name: Missouri Fuller
mother's birthplace:
occupation: Retired peace officer, Nolan County
place of residence: 406 W. Colorado, Sweetwater, Texas
cemetery: Garden of Memories
burial place: Sweetwater, Texas
burial date: 14 Jun 1970
informant: Mrs. Neely D. Reeves
film number: 2218857
digital film number: 4169069
image number: 2512
reference number: 51644
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Sweetwater - Neely D. Reeves, 89, well-known resident of Sweetwater since 1924, died at 5:15 a.m. Friday following a lengthy illness.
Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Cate-Spencer Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Orvel Brantley, pastor of Lamar Street Baptist Church, officiating, assisted by Larry Fluitt, minister of the Lamar Street Church of Christ. Burial will be in the Garden of Memories Cemetery. Pallbearers will be John Halbert, Charles Nunn, Gerald Byrd, Gene Graves, M. H. Templeton and Pat Mays.
Born April 7, 1881 in Hope, Ark., he was a resident of Sweetwater since 1924.
He was constable for 15 years in the sheriff's department as office deputy and served ten months as county judge, filling the unexpired term of Judge Delas Reeves (no kin). He married Eula Nesminger on April 27, 1935 in Sweetwater.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, W. F. (Dub) of Sweetwater and Leon of Odessa; three daughters, Mrs. Arthur Witt of Phoenix, Ariz., Mrs. Noelia Joe Witherspoon of Charlotte, N.C., and Mrs. Leon Lamm of Sweetwater; three sisters, Mrs. Lola Murworth of Dallas, Mrs. Becca Murworth of Bonham and Mrs. Nancy Murphy of Marshall; 13 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren.
From The Abilene (TX) Reporter, Saturday, June 13, 1970, Page 3-A
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NOLAN COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE
name: Neely Derandy Reeves
death date: 12 Jun 1970
death place: Simmons Memorial Hospital, Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas
cause of death: Generalized carcinamatosis; carcinoma of the prostate
gender: Male
race: White
death age: 88 years
estimated birth date: 1882
birth date: 07 Apr 1882
birthplace: Hope, Arkansas
marital status: Married
spouse's name:
father's name: I.R. Reeves
father's birthplace:
mother's name: Missouri Fuller
mother's birthplace:
occupation: Retired peace officer, Nolan County
place of residence: 406 W. Colorado, Sweetwater, Texas
cemetery: Garden of Memories
burial place: Sweetwater, Texas
burial date: 14 Jun 1970
informant: Mrs. Neely D. Reeves
film number: 2218857
digital film number: 4169069
image number: 2512
reference number: 51644
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FORMER NOLAN CONSTABLE DIES
Sweetwater - Neely D. Reeves, 89, well-known resident of Sweetwater since 1924, died at 5:15 a.m. Friday following a lengthy illness.
Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Cate-Spencer Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Orvel Brantley, pastor of Lamar Street Baptist Church, officiating, assisted by Larry Fluitt, minister of the Lamar Street Church of Christ. Burial will be in the Garden of Memories Cemetery. Pallbearers will be John Halbert, Charles Nunn, Gerald Byrd, Gene Graves, M. H. Templeton and Pat Mays.
Born April 7, 1881 in Hope, Ark., he was a resident of Sweetwater since 1924.
He was constable for 15 years in the sheriff's department as office deputy and served ten months as county judge, filling the unexpired term of Judge Delas Reeves (no kin). He married Eula Nesminger on April 27, 1935 in Sweetwater.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, W. F. (Dub) of Sweetwater and Leon of Odessa; three daughters, Mrs. Arthur Witt of Phoenix, Ariz., Mrs. Noelia Joe Witherspoon of Charlotte, N.C., and Mrs. Leon Lamm of Sweetwater; three sisters, Mrs. Lola Murworth of Dallas, Mrs. Becca Murworth of Bonham and Mrs. Nancy Murphy of Marshall; 13 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren.
From The Abilene (TX) Reporter, Saturday, June 13, 1970, Page 3-A
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NOLAN COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE
name: Neely Derandy Reeves
death date: 12 Jun 1970
death place: Simmons Memorial Hospital, Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas
cause of death: Generalized carcinamatosis; carcinoma of the prostate
gender: Male
race: White
death age: 88 years
estimated birth date: 1882
birth date: 07 Apr 1882
birthplace: Hope, Arkansas
marital status: Married
spouse's name:
father's name: I.R. Reeves
father's birthplace:
mother's name: Missouri Fuller
mother's birthplace:
occupation: Retired peace officer, Nolan County
place of residence: 406 W. Colorado, Sweetwater, Texas
cemetery: Garden of Memories
burial place: Sweetwater, Texas
burial date: 14 Jun 1970
informant: Mrs. Neely D. Reeves
film number: 2218857
digital film number: 4169069
image number: 2512
reference number: 51644
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Sweetwater - Neely D. Reeves, 89, well-known resident of Sweetwater since 1924, died at 5:15 a.m. Friday following a lengthy illness.
Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Cate-Spencer Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Orvel Brantley, pastor of Lamar Street Baptist Church, officiating, assisted by Larry Fluitt, minister of the Lamar Street Church of Christ. Burial will be in the Garden of Memories Cemetery. Pallbearers will be John Halbert, Charles Nunn, Gerald Byrd, Gene Graves, M. H. Templeton and Pat Mays.
Born April 7, 1881 in Hope, Ark., he was a resident of Sweetwater since 1924.
He was constable for 15 years in the sheriff's department as office deputy and served ten months as county judge, filling the unexpired term of Judge Delas Reeves (no kin). He married Eula Nesminger on April 27, 1935 in Sweetwater.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, W. F. (Dub) of Sweetwater and Leon of Odessa; three daughters, Mrs. Arthur Witt of Phoenix, Ariz., Mrs. Noelia Joe Witherspoon of Charlotte, N.C., and Mrs. Leon Lamm of Sweetwater; three sisters, Mrs. Lola Murworth of Dallas, Mrs. Becca Murworth of Bonham and Mrs. Nancy Murphy of Marshall; 13 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren.
From The Abilene (TX) Reporter, Saturday, June 13, 1970, Page 3-A
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NOLAN COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE
name: Neely Derandy Reeves
death date: 12 Jun 1970
death place: Simmons Memorial Hospital, Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas
cause of death: Generalized carcinamatosis; carcinoma of the prostate
gender: Male
race: White
death age: 88 years
estimated birth date: 1882
birth date: 07 Apr 1882
birthplace: Hope, Arkansas
marital status: Married
spouse's name:
father's name: I.R. Reeves
father's birthplace:
mother's name: Missouri Fuller
mother's birthplace:
occupation: Retired peace officer, Nolan County
place of residence: 406 W. Colorado, Sweetwater, Texas
cemetery: Garden of Memories
burial place: Sweetwater, Texas
burial date: 14 Jun 1970
informant: Mrs. Neely D. Reeves
film number: 2218857
digital film number: 4169069
image number: 2512
reference number: 51644
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