August 1, 1996

BILLY REEVES

EAST PRAIRIE -- Billy M. Reeves, 68, of East Prairie, died suddenly Tuesday, July 30, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, of an apparent heart attack. He was born Sept. 23, 1927, in Mississippi County, son of Elmer D. and Ellen Walker Reeves. He and Billie Jean LeVan were married July 4, 1948. She died May 6, 1992...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Billy M. Reeves, 68, of East Prairie, died suddenly Tuesday, July 30, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, of an apparent heart attack.

He was born Sept. 23, 1927, in Mississippi County, son of Elmer D. and Ellen Walker Reeves. He and Billie Jean LeVan were married July 4, 1948. She died May 6, 1992.

Reeves owned and operated Reeves Real Estate Agency. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army.

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Survivors include two daughters, Nada Scruggs of East Prairie, Melissa Simmons of Federal Way, Wash.; three grandchildren, and a great-grandson.

He was preceded in death by a brother and sister.

Friends may call at Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie after 5 p.m. today.

Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, with Larry Smith officiating. Burial will be in East Prairie Memorial Park Cemetery.

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