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Henry Homer Reeves (1919 - 2017)

MSSGT Henry Homer Reeves
Born in Wayne, Tennessee, United Statesmap
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Died at age 98 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United Statesmap
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Biography

The son of James Reeves and his first wife, Delsie (Hollis) Reeves, Henry Reeves was born in Wayne County, Tennessee in 1919[1]. In 1920, he and his parents lived in Covington County, Alabama[2]. His mother passed away in 1927 and his father remarried, marrying Myrtle Eugenia (Gist) McCay later that year. In 1930, Henry Reeves and his family lived in Morris Chapel, Alabama[3]. By 1940, they lived in Madison County, Alabama, farming there[4].

Henry Reeves registered for the World War II draft when he was 21, registering in Huntsville, Alabama on October 16, 1940[5]. He stated that, at the time of his registration, he was employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps, in Company 3486., in Huntsville, Alabama. He was described as 5'5" tall and 140 pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes. He enlisted, serving in the United States Army as an SP 3 and SP 4, and as a Master Sergeant, serving during World War II and re-enlisting during the Viet Nam War[6].

Before his World War II service, Henry Reeves married. He married Marjorie Eleanor Jordan (1923-1990), the daughter of Alexander Napoleon Jordan and Viola Milliner, marrying in Madison County, Alabama on August 4, 1941[7]. They made their home in Huntsville, Alabama where in 1950, Henry Reeves worked at a shoe factory[8][9][10][11].

Henry Reeves' wife passed away in 1990 and he remarried, marrying Joyce Carlena (Williams) Hughes (1926-2007), the daughter of Carl Williams and Lucille Williams and the former wife of Samuel Eston Hughes. They married in Hardeman County, Tennessee on September 10, 1990[12]. They made their home in Huntsville, Tennessee[13] and later in Memphis, Tennessee[14][15].

Henry Reeves passed away in Memphis, Tennessee[16] at the age of 98 and is buried at Memphis National Cemetery[17].

Sources

  1. ↑ citation needed
  2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXZZ-729 : 31 January 2021), Johne Reeves in entry for J B Reeves, 1920.
  3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3LKJ-BT2 : accessed 19 November 2022), Homer Reeves in household of James H Reeves, Morris Chapel, Lawrence, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 18, sheet 2A, line 23, family 24, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 35; FHL microfilm 2,339,770.
  4. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.Year: 1940; Census Place: Madison, Madison, Alabama; Roll: m-t0627-00056; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 45-27: Election Precinct 8 Madison outside Madison Town S of Southern Railway and N of township line between township 4 and 5 S. Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Ancestry Record 2442 #60282479 with attached Image
  5. ↑ National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Alabama, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 228; Order No. 1434; Serial No. 2273. Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Ancestry Record 2238 #11484572 with attached Image
  6. ↑ citation needed
  7. ↑ "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZKQ-SYZ : 19 February 2021), Henry Homer Reeves and Marjorie Eleanor Jordan, 04 Aug 1941; citing Madison, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,993,770.
  8. ↑ Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. 1913-1/1/1972. Population Schedules for the 1950 Census, 1950 - 1950. Washington, DC: National Archives at Washington, DC. United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Huntsville, Madison, Alabama; Roll: 5404; Sheet Number: 26; Enumeration District: 45-2: Election Precinct 1, Huntsville city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by City limits; 7th; Pratt Avenue, Howe; Patton, Dallas Avenue, 1st. Ancestry.com. 1950 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022. Ancestry Record 62308 #99083800 with attached Image
  9. ↑ "Alabama Voter Registration and Poll Tax Cards, 1834-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D98V-ZDN2 : 9 November 2020), Henry Homer Reeves, 1945.
  10. ↑ "Alabama Voter Registration and Poll Tax Cards, 1834-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8TLN-DG2M : 20 October 2020), Henry Homer Reeves, 1952.
  11. ↑ "Alabama Voter Registration and Poll Tax Cards, 1834-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8TTC-JZ3Z : 20 October 2020), Henry Homer Reeves, 1956.
  12. ↑ "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VN8G-Z3B : 4 December 2014), Henry Homer Reeves and Joyce Carlena Hughes, 10 Sep 1990; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 230, Hardeman, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
  13. ↑ "United States Public Records, 1970-2009", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ7R-VHKJ : 17 April 2020), Henry H Reeves, 2001.
  14. ↑ "United States Public Records, 1970-2009", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KPC8-4CR : 21 November 2019), Henry Reeves, 1991.
  15. ↑ "United States Public Records, 1970-2009", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJG3-ZH9B : 3 July 2020), Henry L Reeves, 2005.
  16. ↑ citation needed
  17. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #185958156




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