Mary Jean (Davis) Reeves

Mary Jean Reeves, 80, of Donnellson, IL passed away on Friday, November 20, 2015, at Montgomery Nursing & Rehab, Taylor Springs, IL. A visitation will be held on Monday, November 23, 2015 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Bass Patton Dean Funeral Home in Hillsboro, IL.  Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at the funeral home.  Rev. Randy Sands, Pastor of Free Methodist Church in Hillsboro, IL, will officiate.  Burial will be in Donnellson Cemetery in Donnellson, IL.

Mrs. Reeves was born on November 24, 1934, in Nashville, TN, to the late Cyrus Roger & Alice (Howard) Davis. She graduated high school in Birmingham, AL. She obtained her B.S. in Education & Masters in Speech Therapy from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN.  She married LaMoine Reeves, on August 23, 1958, in Hillsboro, IL.  He survives in Donnellson, IL. Mrs. Reeves taught 5th grade at Irving Elementary and Coffeen Elementary schools.  Mrs. Reeves was a member of the Donnellson Presbyterian Church.  She was also an avid reader and loved spending time with her family and grandchildren. 

Along with her husband, Mrs. Reeves is survived by one son, Geoff (wife Theresa) Reeves of Hillsboro, IL; daughter-in-law, Nancy Reeves of Donnellson, IL and three grandchildren, Paige (husband Ryan) Farmer of Hillsboro, IL; Payton Reeves of Hillsboro, IL & Kelli Reeves of Donnellson, IL.  She was preceded in death by one son, Dwight Roger “Doc” Reeves and one brother, Roger Davis.

Memorials are suggested to Montgomery County Cancer Association.

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