Reeves - Obituary of Wesley Whitfield Reeves

• Title	Reeves - Obituary of Wesley Whitfield Reeves
  Short Title	Reeves - Obituary of Wesley Whitfield Reeves
  Publisher	Obituary, Wesley Whitfield Reeves, unidentified clipping, possibly from a Simla, Colorado, newspaper, in March 1939; sent to the author by his son, Harold Reeves, in the 1990's.
  Source ID	S330
  Text	After an illness of less than five days, "Whit" Reeves has left this world of sorrow, and has been ushered into the presence of his King and Saviour, Jesus Christ. Wesley Whitfield Reeves was born in Missouri on March 4, 1879, the son of Mr. And Mrs. Robert Reeves. He was married in 1903 to Minnie Walker. To this union were born seven sons, all living except Earl, who preceeded his father in death by less than a year. In 1908, Mr. Reeves with his family, moved to Colorado, and have lived in this community practically all the time since. Mr Reeves was a good neighbor and a faithful friend to so many of us all through the years. Mr. Reeves joined the Baptist church some years ago and has always been an active member, serving as deacon at the time of his death. Mr. Reeves died on March 8, 1939 in colorado Springs, only a few days after his 60th birthday. He is survived by his widow, his sons, Ernest of Palisade, Colorado; Paul, Marshall, Virgil, Harold and Lester all of this community; six grand-children, as well as other relatives and hundreds of friends, who, in sympathy, mourn with the family the passing of a faithful husband, a good father and Chistian gentleman whose manner was always kind and whose word was always good. He has "fallen asleep in Jesus, therefore we sorrow not, even as the rest, who have no hope."

  
  

• Notes

  This obit was sent to me by Harold Reeves,and is presumably from an El Paso County, Colorado newspaper.