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Earl Theodore Reeves

Earl Theodore Reeves

Male 1909 - 1938  (28 years)

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  • Name Earl Theodore Reeves  [1
    Born 6 Nov 1909  Colorado, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Anecdote 1936-1938  Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Earl is said to have visited his Walker cousins in Mountain View and fallen in love with Mary Walker, daughter of Earl Theodore Walker, for whom Earl Theodore Reeves was named. The family heavily discouraged the match. Earl Reeves returned to Colorado and died in 1938, struck by lightning while on a tractor. 
    Obituary Apr 1938  Simla, Elbert County, Colorado, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • Obituary, Earl Reeves, unindentified newspaper
      Earl Reeves, 28 year old Simla youth, was instantly killed late Wednesday afternoon, when struck by lightning as he was working in the field.
      Earl, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Reeves, and a graduate of Simla Union High School, made his home with his parents on their farm about five miles south of Simla.
      The accident occurred about 4:30 o'clock while Mr. Reeves was plowing with a tractor, but was not discovered until approximately thirty minutes later, when two other men working nearby, saw the tractor circling around apparently out of control, they decided to investigate.
      Nearing the tractor, they saw it was driverless, and upon further investigation found Earl lying in the field. The tractor had been running about in a circle and the body was found some distance from the machine.
      Dr. D. O. Groves, County Coroner, was called to investigate the accident, after which the body was removed to the Deits Funeral Home in Limon.
      Funeral services will be conducted from the Evangelical Church in Simla Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
    Obituary Apr 1938  Simla, Elbert County, Colorado, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    • Obituary, Earl Reeves, probably in a local Simla area newspaper
      Our brother, Earl Theodore Reeves, was born near Simla, Colo., November 6, 1909. He departed this life April 20, 1938, at the age of 28 years, five months and 14 days. He was the third son of our brother and sister, Wesley Whitfield Reeves and is survived by them as well as six brothers, Ernest of Grand Junction, Paul Marshall, Harold, Vergil and Lester, all of Simla. Our tenderest sympathy goes out to the members of the immediate family over the loss of a son and brother. Our brother was received by the First Baptist church of Simla, Colo., September 8, 1926. He followed his Lord in baptism soon after. Since that time he has been a faithful member and quite recently took the work as teacher of the Young Peoples group. The church will miss his presence most keenly. Our brother was graduated from Simla Union High school in the class of 1929. The greatest thing that can be said of any man can be said of Earl: He was loved by all who knew him. God according to his foreknowledge and in his infinite grace and mercy saw fit to take our brother suddenly from our midst into his Presence.
      --One Who Knew Him
    Died 20 Apr 1938  Simla, Elbert County, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Person ID I3540  Full | ProgenitorWalker
    Last Modified 21 Oct 2013 

    Father Wesley Whitfield "Whit" Reeves,   b. 4 Mar 1879, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Mar 1939, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Mother Minnie Bertrude Walker,   b. 22 Oct 1880, Trask, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Aug 1941, Simla, Elbert County, Colorado, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Married 28 Jan 1903  Springfield, Greene County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8, 9
    Family ID F1193  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Eldest 5 sons of Theodore Whitfield Reeves and Minnie Bertrude Walker.
    Eldest 5 sons of Theodore Whitfield Reeves and Minnie Bertrude Walker.
    From oldest to youngest: Earnest Whitfield, Paul Wesley, Earl Theodore, Marshall Fenton, and Harold Robert Reeves

  • Notes 
    • See obit of Earl Reeves, Source # 99 [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S1068] Walker - information from Harold Reeves.

    2. [S1069] Reeves - Obituary of Earl Theodore Reeves, (Probably from a Simla, Elbert County, Colorado newspaper; clipping sent to me without identifying information by Harold Reeves, brother of Earl Theodore Reeves.).

    3. [S1066] Harold Reeves (Riverton, Wyoming), about 1997, collected documents, including a listing of the Wesley Whitfield Reeves-Minnie Bertrude Walker family births and deaths. Mr. Reeves, the son of Wesley Whitfield Reeves and Minnie Bertrude Reeves, is no longer living. Though his listing carried no sources, as a sibling he was in a position to have reliable information.

    4. [S53] Walker, Lula Fay DeBoard - Informal conversations, (Informal conversation between Lula Fay (DeBoard) Walker (Beaverton, OR) and her daughter Janis Gilmore (Pawleys Island, SC), 1984 through the present (2007).).

    5. [S2863] "Earl Reeves of Simla Killed By Lightning Wednesday Afternoon," undated clipping, probably April 1938, from unidentified newspaper; copy of clipping is held by Janis Walker Gilmore [address for private use], Pawleys Island, South Carolina, 2012. Given to Ms. Gilmore by Harold Reeves, brother of the subject Earl Reeves. Mr. Reeves is now deceased.

    6. [S2865] Obituary, Earl Theodore Reeves, undated clipping, probably April 1938, from unidentified newspaper, possibly in Simla, Colorado; copy of clipping is held by Janis Walker Gilmore [address for private use], Pawleys Island, South Carolina, 2012. Given to Ms. Gilmore by Harold Reeves, brother of the subject Earl Reeves. Mr. Reeves is now deceased.

    7. [S72] Missouri - Marriages 1805-2002 (Ancestry), (Digital images., \i Ancestry.com\i0 . http://www.ancestry.com.).

    8. [S3913] Greene County, Missouri, Marriage Book [1903]: 478, license no. 46, and return, Wesley W. Reeves-Minnie Walker, 28 January 1903; digital image, "Missouri Marriage Records, 1850-2002," Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 October 2013); citing Missouri Marriage Records, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City.

    9. [S2862] Obituary of Minnie Bertrude (Walker) Reeves, undated clipping, probably August 1941, from unidentified newspaper; copy of clipping is held by Janis Walker Gilmore [address for private use], Pawleys Island, South Carolina, 2012. Given to Ms. Gilmore by Harold Reeves, a son of Wesley Whitfield Reeves. Mr. Reeves is now deceased.