Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
DeathFeb 25, 2003, Guilford County, North Carolina [297]
BurialBethel Presbyterian Church, 300 Knox Rd, McLeansville, Guilford County, North Carolina [27328]
FatherDavid Carrington REESE (1879-1946)
MotherMary Edna EVANS (1890-1975)
Spouses
BurialBethel Presbyterian Church, 300 Knox Rd, McLeansville, Guilford County, North Carolina [27330]
FatherJames Alfred WILKINS (1897-1969)
MotherMaggie Jane NEWMAN (1898-1980)
MarriageDec 25, 1940, North Carolina [297]
Obituary Online notes for Rev. Henry Lee REESE
Son of Mary E. Evans and David C. Reese. Following is obituary from the Greensboro News & Record (NC) - Thursday, February 27, 2003:
MCLEANSVILLE Reverend Henry Lee Reese, 79, of the McLeansville community, died Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2003, at Moses Cone Hospital.
Funeral services for Rev. Reese will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 1, 2003, at Twin Oaks Pentecostal Holiness Church. Burial will follow in Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
He was a native of Guilford County. Rev. Reese graduated from Peoples Bible College, where he began his ministry as an evangelist. He later became an ordained minister in the Western North Carolina Conference of the Pentecostal Holiness Church in the mid 40s. He served churches in North Carolina, Southern Virginia and East Tennessee. Before going into the ministry, he was an evangelist. Rev. Reese served as a pastoral minister in Erwin, Tenn., Peniel, Lexington, Siler City, Lincolnton, Hollys Chapel, Mt. Pleasant, Mt. Airy, East Marion and South Henderson, and South Boston, Va.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Helen Wilkins Reese, formerly of Mayodan, sister, Edna Jenkins and brothers, Glenn Reese, Rifton "Buck" Reese and D.C. Reese, Jr., all of McLeansville.
He is survived by one daughter, Mary Janice Reese Neal of Kernersville; one son, Fredrick Lee Reese and wife, Vickie, of Asheville; two sisters, Mildred Spillman and Louise Moore of McLeansville; one brother, Gordon Reese of McLeansville; three grandchildren, Heather, Christian and Timothy Reese.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 28, 2003, at Forbis & Dick North Elm Street Chapel. [27328]
MCLEANSVILLE Reverend Henry Lee Reese, 79, of the McLeansville community, died Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2003, at Moses Cone Hospital.
Funeral services for Rev. Reese will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 1, 2003, at Twin Oaks Pentecostal Holiness Church. Burial will follow in Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
He was a native of Guilford County. Rev. Reese graduated from Peoples Bible College, where he began his ministry as an evangelist. He later became an ordained minister in the Western North Carolina Conference of the Pentecostal Holiness Church in the mid 40s. He served churches in North Carolina, Southern Virginia and East Tennessee. Before going into the ministry, he was an evangelist. Rev. Reese served as a pastoral minister in Erwin, Tenn., Peniel, Lexington, Siler City, Lincolnton, Hollys Chapel, Mt. Pleasant, Mt. Airy, East Marion and South Henderson, and South Boston, Va.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Helen Wilkins Reese, formerly of Mayodan, sister, Edna Jenkins and brothers, Glenn Reese, Rifton "Buck" Reese and D.C. Reese, Jr., all of McLeansville.
He is survived by one daughter, Mary Janice Reese Neal of Kernersville; one son, Fredrick Lee Reese and wife, Vickie, of Asheville; two sisters, Mildred Spillman and Louise Moore of McLeansville; one brother, Gordon Reese of McLeansville; three grandchildren, Heather, Christian and Timothy Reese.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 28, 2003, at Forbis & Dick North Elm Street Chapel. [27328]
Obituary Online notes for Mary Helen (Spouse 1)
Daughter of Maggie Newman and James Wilkins. Following obituary is from the Greensboro News & Record (NC), dated January 12, 1999.
GIBSONVILLE - Mrs. Helen Wilkins Reese, 75, of 333 Knox Road, died Monday, Jan. 11, 1999, at Moses Cone Memorial Hospital.
The funeral will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13, 1999, at the Twin Oak Pentecostal Holiness Church, with burial in the Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
Mrs. Reese, a native of Rockingham County, was a member of the Mayodan Pentecostal Holiness Church, was a good wife and mother and assisted her husband's pastorates in North Carolina and Virginia.
She is survived by her husband of fifty-five years, the Rev. Henry Reese of the home; daughter, Mary Janice Reese Neal of Kernersville; son, Fredrick Lee and his wife, Vickie Reese of Charlotte; three grandchildren, Heather Reese, Christian Reese and Timothy Reese. She was predeceased by her brother, James Wilkins; father, Alfred Wilkins and mother, Maggie Wilkins.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. tonight at Forbis & Dick North Elm.
GIBSONVILLE - Mrs. Helen Wilkins Reese, 75, of 333 Knox Road, died Monday, Jan. 11, 1999, at Moses Cone Memorial Hospital.
The funeral will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13, 1999, at the Twin Oak Pentecostal Holiness Church, with burial in the Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
Mrs. Reese, a native of Rockingham County, was a member of the Mayodan Pentecostal Holiness Church, was a good wife and mother and assisted her husband's pastorates in North Carolina and Virginia.
She is survived by her husband of fifty-five years, the Rev. Henry Reese of the home; daughter, Mary Janice Reese Neal of Kernersville; son, Fredrick Lee and his wife, Vickie Reese of Charlotte; three grandchildren, Heather Reese, Christian Reese and Timothy Reese. She was predeceased by her brother, James Wilkins; father, Alfred Wilkins and mother, Maggie Wilkins.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. tonight at Forbis & Dick North Elm.