Eugene McGaughey Reeves

1927 - 2013  (85 years)

• Name	Eugene McGaughey Reeves
  Born	14 Sep 1927	Whitewright, Grayson, Texas, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	31 May 2013	Golinda, Falls, Texas, USA   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I2618	Guido Family Tree
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2019

  
  

  Father	John Lesley Reeves,   b. 29 Feb 1892,   d. 5 Sep 1979  (Age 87 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Dale McGaughey,   b. 4 Nov 1900, Whitewright, Grayson, Texas, USA ,   d. 29 Jan 1976, Whitewright, Grayson, Texas, USA  (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F949	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rachel Lee Betterton,   b. 3 Mar 1929, Collin Co, Texas, USA ,   d. 11 Jun 2017, Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA  (Age 88 years)
  Married	28 Oct 1950  [2]
  Children	1. Geni Kay Reeves,   b. 2 Sep 1955, McKinney, Collin, Texas, USA ,   d. 5 Apr 2013, Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA  (Age 57 years)  [natural]   2. A. Reeves   3. M. Reeves   4. K. Reeves
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2019
  Family ID	F950	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Eugene M. "Chick" Reeves, 85, of Golinda, passed away Friday, May 31, 2013, at his residence after a brief illness. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m., Tuesday, June 4, at First Baptist Church Golinda with the Rev. Morgan Woodard will be officiating. Burial to follow at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m., Monday, June 3, at Pecan Grove Funeral Home. Chick was born in Whitewright, Texas, to the late John L. Reeves and Dale McGaughey Reeves, and was the oldest of four sons. He attended school in Whitewright, graduating in 1945. Soon after graduation, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and was stationed in San Diego, Calif. He was honorably discharged and soon began a career at the VA Hospital in McKinney, Texas. This is where he met a cute young nurse named Rachel Betterton, and they married on Oct. 28, 1950. He worked for the VA Medical Centers in McKinney and Waco for 36 years and retired in 1982. Chick had many interests including gardening, bee keeping, raising goats, shopping and selling at flea markets, and raising chickens (which earned him the nickname Chick). Preceding him in death was a daughter, Kay Carter; and a brother, David Reeves. Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Rachel; daughters, Ann Bailey, of Lorena, Mary Whitaker and husband, Cliff, of Robinson, and Kelly Reeves, of Lago Vista, Texas; sons-in-law, Robert Carter and Edward Bailey; six grandsons; two granddaughters; eight great-grandchildren; brothers, James Reeves and wife, Liza, and John Dale Reeves and wife, Aileen; sister-in-law, Kathleen Reeves; and numerous nieces and nephews, other relatives and friends. Waco Tribune-Herald: 6/3/2013...S12

  
  

• Sources

  [S11] Headstone/Gravestone (full date). [S39] Obituary.