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George Newton Reeves

22 Jul 1913 – 20 Jul 1950

Birth	22 Jul 1913
Death	20 Jul 1950
Cemetery	Tidwell Cemetery Tidwell , Hunt County , Texas , USA
Added by	John Armstrong on 12 Oct 2003
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7359147

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[Source: Peters Funeral Home Records, 1941-1955, by Hunt County Genealogical Society (1992), page 237: George Newton Reeves; white; born 22 Jul 1913 TX; insurance salesman; resided 1403 Wesley Street, Greenville; divorced; died 20 Jul 1950 Little-Weis Hospital; aged 36 years; son of Elijah Andrew Reeves (born TX) & Ora Jacobs (born TX); resided in county for life] Greenville (Texas) Evening Banner, Friday, 21 Jul 1950, page 6: "George N. Reeves Passes Suddenly; Rites Tomorrow A heart attack, suffered at his home, 1403 Wesley Street, about 9 o'clock last night, took the life of George N. Reeves, 36, prominent Greenville insurance salesman and a native of the Tidwell community. Death came as he was being rushed to a local hospital in a Gray-Ballard-Sorrels (sic) ambulance following the attack. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the North Greenville Baptist Church, with the Rev. Robert Clements in charge. Burial will be in the Tidwell cemetery. The arrangements are being made by the Gray-Ballard-Sorrells Funeral Home. ... George Newton Reeves was born on July 22, 1913, in the Tidwell community where he as reared and engaged in farming for a number of years. He was the son of Elisha Andrews Reeves and Ora Jacobs Reeves. He was employed as local representative of the Universal Life Insurance Company at the time of his death. ... He is survived by his wife; three sons, Ralph, Malcolm and Larry; his mother, Mrs. E. A. Reeves; one brother, Hubert Reeves of Garland; three sisters, Mrs. Judy Bench of Decatur; Mrs. Ardelia Martin of Lawton, Okla., Mrs. Mae Wilburne of Wagner and other relatives."

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Parents

• Elisha Andrew "Andy" Reeves 1877–1935
• Ora Jacobs Reeves 1884–1955

Siblings

• Elizabeth Mae Reeves Wilburn 1902–1974
• Roxie Alvira Reeves 1903–1916
• Annie Idell Reeves 1905–1926
• Ardella A Reeves Martin 1909–1989 FaG
• Grady Leon Reeves 1911–1926
• Hubert Weldon Reeves 1915–1994
• Lovena Ora Reeves Manley 1918–1942
• Buna Ray Reeves 1921–1933
• Ewen Jewett "Judy" Reeves Bench 1924–2013

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