Lena Lee Vickers: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

Lena Lee Vickers was born about 1877 in Texas; and died.

Lena married Henry B. Reeves about 1893 in Texas. Henry (son of Joseph Reeves and Mary Ann Bennett) was born about 1872 in Sabine County, Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Oma L. Reeves was born about 1894 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
3. Lela B. Reeves was born about 1898 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
4. Henry Earl Reeves was born on 14 Oct 1904 in Isla, Sabine County, Texas; died on 4 Nov 1999 in Newton County, Texas; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.

Generation: 2

2. Oma L. Reeves (1.Lena¹) was born about 1894 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
3. Lela B. Reeves (1.Lena¹) was born about 1898 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.

Henry Earl Reeves

(1.Lena¹) was born on 14 Oct 1904 in Isla, Sabine County, Texas; died on 4 Nov 1999 in Newton County, Texas; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
November 10, 1999, page 15

Henry Earl Reeves

Henry Earl Reeves, 95, of Newton died Nov. 4, 1999 at his residence.

Reeves was born Oct. 14, 1904, in Isla as a son of the late Henry B. and Lena Lee (Vickers) Reeves and was a former longtime resident of Sabine County before moving to Newton four years ago. He was a member of New Hope Baptist Church and was a self-employed carpenter and cabinet maker.

Survivors: his wife of 74 years, Ruth Reeves of Newton; a son, Robert Earl Reeves of Newton; a daughter, Jimmie Ruth Prothro of Beaumont; five granchildren and ten great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Nov. 7, at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. Jim Turner officiating. Interment followed at New Hope Cemetery near Milam.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, June 2011)