A.B. Reeves
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. A.B. Reeves A.B. — H.R. Kraft. [Group Sheet]
2. Charles Clay Reeves was born 22 Jul 1943, Ranger, Eastland County, Texas, USA (son of Roscoe Reeves, Sr. and Ruth Lenora Haynes); died 7 Dec 2004, Fontana, San Bernardino County, California, USA; was buried 12 Dec 2004, Gorman Cemetery - Gorman, Texas, USA. Notes:
Obituary:
Charles Clay Reeves, known to family and friends as "C.C." and Charlie to co-workers, died Tuesday, December 7, 2004 at his home in Fontana, CA.
Services were held a 3 p.m. Sunday, December 12,2004 at the Higginbotham Funeral Home Chapel with Richard Watson officiating. Burial was in the Oaklawn Cemetery.
He was born July 22, 1943 in Ranger, Texas to the late Roscoe and Ruth Reeves. He attended grades 1 through 12 in Gorman and was the football team captain for the Gorman Panthers. After graduating high school, he went to work for the Missouri Pacific Railroad in Palestine, Texas in the summers while attending the University of Houston during the school year. He received his BA in Traffic and Transportation Management in 1965 and then spent six years in the U.S. Army Reserve. On May 16, 1967 he married Susan Buchanan in Houston.He worked on the railroad in various capacities for his entire life, having moved from brakeman to Vice President over the course of his time on the Missouri Pacific Railroad. Additionally, he worked in rail transportation divisions of Virginia Electric Power Company and the Jari Project based in Belem, Brazil. His career also took him to the state of New York where he worked for Conrail. the Houston Port and Terminal Railroad and then to jobs working for the Texas and California State Railroad Commissions. His last job was with the state of California. In October of 2004, he assisted the Home-coming Activities Committee in Gorman, Texas.
He is survived by his wife, Susan Reeves of Germany; two sons, John Reeves of San Diego, CA and Andrew Reeves of Toronto, Canada; and one brother, Roscoe Reeves of Gorman.
(Published in The Abilene Reporter-News on December 12, 2004)Charles married Susan Elizabeth Buchanan 3 May 1967, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA. Susan was born 16 Oct 1939, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA; died 2 Feb 2011, Angleton, Brazoria County, Texas, USA; was buried 4 Feb 2011, Gorman Cemetery - Gorman, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]
3. Susan Elizabeth Buchanan was born 16 Oct 1939, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA; died 2 Feb 2011, Angleton, Brazoria County, Texas, USA; was buried 4 Feb 2011, Gorman Cemetery - Gorman, Texas, USA. Notes:
Death Notice:
GORMAN - Susan Elizabeth Reeves, 71, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011.
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 1 p.m. Friday in Oaklawn Cemetery in Gorman.
Nowlin Anders Funeral Home
De Leon, 254-893-2021
(Published in The Fort Worth Star-Telegram on February 11, 2011)Children:
Generation: 3
4. Roscoe Reeves, Sr. was born 4 Jun 1892, Brownwood, Brown County, Texas, USA; died 27 Apr 1973, Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, USA; was buried 28 Apr 1973, Gorman Cemetery - Gorman, Texas, USA. Notes:
Death Notice:
GORMAN (RNS) - Roscoe Reeves Sr., 80, of Gorman, a retired rural mail carrier, died at 7:45 a.m. Friday in West Texas Medical Center in Abilene. Funeral will be at 3 p.m. Saturday in the Higginbotham Funeral Home Chapel.
(Published in The Abilene Reporter-News on April 28, 1973)
Obituary:
GORMAN (RNS) - Roscoe Reeves Sr., 80, of Gorman, a retired rural mail carrier, died at 7:45 a.m. Friday in West Texas Medical Center in Abilene. Funeral will be at 3 p.m. Saturday in the Higginbotham Funeral Home Chapel.
The Rev. Huron Polnac, pastor of the First Baptist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Oaklawn Cemetery.
Mr. Reeves was born June 4, 1892, in Brownwood. He was a Mason and belonged to the Gorman First Baptist Church.
He married Ruth Haynes June 20, 1936, in Dallas.
Survivors are his wife; two sons, Roscoe Jr. of Gorman and C.C. of Longview; one brother, Dick M. of Gulfport, Miss. and four sisters, Mrs. Georgia Earp and Mrs. Stella Pinett, both of Houston, Mrs. May Marshall and Mrs. Nell Muirhead, both of Eastland.
Pallbearers will be Speedy Clark, Speck Clark, Bill Parr, George Bennett, John Sutton and Graydon Baze.
(Published in The Abilene Reporter-News on April 28, 1973)Roscoe married Ruth Lenora Haynes 20 Jun 1936, Eastland, Eastland County, Texas, USA. Ruth (daughter of William Michael Haynes and Flora Ida Hamlin) was born 23 Jul 1910, Duster, Comanche County, Texas, USA; died 3 May 1984, Gorman, Eastland County, Texas, USA; was buried , Gorman Cemetery - Gorman, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]
5. Ruth Lenora Haynes was born 23 Jul 1910, Duster, Comanche County, Texas, USA (daughter of William Michael Haynes and Flora Ida Hamlin); died 3 May 1984, Gorman, Eastland County, Texas, USA; was buried , Gorman Cemetery - Gorman, Texas, USA. Notes:
Death Notice:
GORMAN - Ruth Haynes Reeves, 73, of Gorman, a retired nurse, died at 4:21 p.m. Thursday at Eastland Memorial Hospital.
The body will be cremated and memorial services will be announced at a later date. Arrangements are being directed by Higginbotham Funeral Home of Gorman.
(Published in The Abilene Reporter-News on May 4, 1984)Children:
- Roscoe Reeves, Jr. was born 1 Feb 1941, Gorman, Eastland County, Texas, USA; died 13 Dec 2015, Gorman, Eastland County, Texas, USA; was buried 15 Dec 2015, Oakland Cemetery - Duster, Texas, USA.
- 2. Charles Clay Reeves was born 22 Jul 1943, Ranger, Eastland County, Texas, USA; died 7 Dec 2004, Fontana, San Bernardino County, California, USA; was buried 12 Dec 2004, Gorman Cemetery - Gorman, Texas, USA.
Generation: 4
10. William Michael Haynes was born 28 Aug 1882, Bastrop, Bastrop County, Texas, USA; died 12 Sep 1972, De Leon, Comanche County, Texas, USA; was buried 14 Sep 1972, Oakland Cemetery - Duster, Texas, USA. Notes:
Death Notice:
GORMAN (RNS) - William (Will) Michael Haynes, 90, of Gorman, died at 7:50 p.m. Tuesday in the De Leon Hospital following a long illness. Funeral will be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in the Higginbotham Funeral Chapel.
(Published in The Abilene Reporter News on September 14, 1972)William — Flora Ida Hamlin. Flora (daughter of Harry Clinton Hamlin and Cynthia Luvenia Langston) was born 21 Nov 1880, Duster, Comanche County, Texas, USA; died 26 Jun 1934, Gorman, Eastland County, Texas, USA; was buried 27 Jun 1934, Oakland Cemetery - Duster, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]
11. Flora Ida Hamlin was born 21 Nov 1880, Duster, Comanche County, Texas, USA (daughter of Harry Clinton Hamlin and Cynthia Luvenia Langston); died 26 Jun 1934, Gorman, Eastland County, Texas, USA; was buried 27 Jun 1934, Oakland Cemetery - Duster, Texas, USA. Children:
- 5. Ruth Lenora Haynes was born 23 Jul 1910, Duster, Comanche County, Texas, USA; died 3 May 1984, Gorman, Eastland County, Texas, USA; was buried , Gorman Cemetery - Gorman, Texas, USA.
- James Roy Haynes was born 16 Jul 1912, Gorman, Eastland County, Texas, USA; died 21 Jan 1993, Cupertino, Santa Clara County, California, USA; was buried , Gate Of Heaven Catholic Cemetery - Los Altos, California, USA.
- John William Haynes was born 4 Jan 1915, Gorman, Eastland County, Texas, USA; died 3 Jul 1989, Loomis, Placer County, California, USA; was buried , Gate Of Heaven Catholic Cemetery - Los Altos, California, USA.
- Robert Franklin Haynes was born 15 Dec 1920, Gorman, Eastland County, Texas, USA; died 14 May 2008, Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA; was buried , Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery - San Antonio, Texas, USA.