Edwin Reeves Rites Set at Sweetwater

Sweetwater, Dec. 31 - Funeral for Edwin Clay Reeves, 66, who died at his home here Tuesday at 8:35 p.m., was to be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Cate-Spencer Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. George Wilson, pastor of the First Baptist Church, was to officiate. Burial was set for Sweetwater Cemetery.

Mr. Reeves, a long-time employe of the Pace Packing Company, had been in serious condition since undergoing surgery in an Abilene hospital on Nov. 2. He was moved home three weeks ago and had been in critical condition about 10 days.

Born in Henrietta, Clay County, on Nov. 12, 1887, Mr. Reeves was reared in Ennis, where he married the former Ivey Harris in 1911. They moved from Ennis to Sweetwater in 1925 and had lived here since.

He is survived by his wife; one son, Clay Reeves of Sweetwater; and two grandchildren.

From The Abilene, Texas Reporter, Thursday, December 31, 1953

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Nolan County, Texas Death Certificate

Name: Edwin Clay Reeves

Sex: Male

Age: 66 years

Birth Date: 12 November 1887

Birthplace: Henrietta, Texas

Marital Status: Married

Race: White

Father's Name: Zan Reeves

Father's Birthplace: Miss.

Mother's Name: Dola Gillispie

Mother's Birthplace: Miss.

Event Type: Death

Event Date: 29 December 1953

Event Place: Residence, Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas, USA

Cause of Death: Bronchogenic carcinoma

Occupation: Meat Cutter, Pace Packing Co.

Residence: 904 Walnut Street, Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas, USA

Burial/Removal: Sweetwater

Date: 31 Dec 1953

Informant: Clay Reeves, Sweetwater, Texas

Armed Forces: No

Digital Folder Number: 005145316

Microfilm Number: 2114065

Image Number: 1091

Citing this Record

"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K37D-2WL : Sun Mar 10 13:03:43 UTC 2024), Entry for Edwin Clay Reeves and Zan Reeves, 29 December 1953.

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