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Wiley Eugene “Gene” Reynolds

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Wiley Eugene “Gene” Reynolds

Birth
Talmo, Jackson County, Georgia, USA
Death
30 Mar 2021 (aged 85)
Jefferson, Jackson County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Jefferson, Jackson County, Georgia, USA GPS-Latitude: 34.1007889, Longitude: -83.6679833
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Son of James Arthur Reynolds and the late Annie Ola Mae Davidson Reynolds, He was the seventh of ten children – Ralph, Lorena (Johnston), Carl, Annie Grace (Beatty), Herman, Louis, Frances (Hanson), Christine, and Clarence. He served in the U.S. Army for two years in active duty and four years in the reserves. He met his future wife, Barbara, in 1961 at White Plains Baptist Church. They were married in that same church on June 30, 1962, and were members there for the next twenty years. They joined Bethabra Baptist Church in 1980 and served there for another twenty years before spending their final years together as members of Talmo Baptist Church, from 2002 to the present. He built kitchen cabinets for countless families in the Jackson County area, and he also crafted other woodworking treasures, such as tables, china cabinets, gun cabinets, entertainment centers, end tables, coffee tables, doll houses, rocking horses, toy boxes, bookshelves, and plaques. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Barbara Cooper Reynolds; daughter, Alicia McCartney and her husband, John of Lawrenceville; son, Mark Reynolds and his wife Kaye of Winterville; eight grandchildren, Daniel and his wife, Mary, Joshua and his wife, Amy, Kassidy, Hunter, Katherine, Sarah, Mac, and Steven; three great-grandchildren, Michael, Elizabeth, and Clara; sister, Frances Hanson of Jefferson; and brother, Clarence Reynolds of Cornelia.
Son of James Arthur Reynolds and the late Annie Ola Mae Davidson Reynolds, He was the seventh of ten children – Ralph, Lorena (Johnston), Carl, Annie Grace (Beatty), Herman, Louis, Frances (Hanson), Christine, and Clarence. He served in the U.S. Army for two years in active duty and four years in the reserves. He met his future wife, Barbara, in 1961 at White Plains Baptist Church. They were married in that same church on June 30, 1962, and were members there for the next twenty years. They joined Bethabra Baptist Church in 1980 and served there for another twenty years before spending their final years together as members of Talmo Baptist Church, from 2002 to the present. He built kitchen cabinets for countless families in the Jackson County area, and he also crafted other woodworking treasures, such as tables, china cabinets, gun cabinets, entertainment centers, end tables, coffee tables, doll houses, rocking horses, toy boxes, bookshelves, and plaques. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Barbara Cooper Reynolds; daughter, Alicia McCartney and her husband, John of Lawrenceville; son, Mark Reynolds and his wife Kaye of Winterville; eight grandchildren, Daniel and his wife, Mary, Joshua and his wife, Amy, Kassidy, Hunter, Katherine, Sarah, Mac, and Steven; three great-grandchildren, Michael, Elizabeth, and Clara; sister, Frances Hanson of Jefferson; and brother, Clarence Reynolds of Cornelia.


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  • Created by: 49106808
  • Added: Apr 1, 2021
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/225208381/wiley_eugene-reynolds: accessed ), memorial page for Wiley Eugene “Gene” Reynolds (20 Sep 1935–30 Mar 2021), Find a Grave Memorial ID 225208381, citing White Plains Baptist Church Cemetery, Jefferson, Jackson County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by 49106808 (contributor 49106808).