Mary Ann "Polly" Reeves

OBITUARY:
Mother of Ice B. Reeves is Dead
Burial of Texas Pioneer in Young County
Sherman, Oct. 26 - Mrs. Polly Anne Reeves died at the home of her son, Ice B. Reeves, 1602 East Lamar Street, at 7:40 P.M. Tuesday. Mrs. Reeves would have been 92 years old on April 5, next. Death was due to the infirmities of old age.

The body was shipped Wednesday afternoon to Newcastle in Young County, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Reeves. Funeral services will be held in the family cemetery at the old home place near Newcastle Thursday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. Black a pioneer Baptist minister of Graham and an old friend of the family. Mrs. Reeves will be laid to rest by the side of her husband, Arthur D. Reeves who died in 1900.

Mrs. Reeves was the mother of 16 children, 10 daughters and 6 sons, none of whom were twins. She reared all of them to manhood and womanhood, and is survived by 7 children as follows: R.C. Reeves, Paducah, Texas; Mrs. Jennie Dabney, Albany, Kentucky; Mrs. Ella Pierce, Woodson, Texas; Mrs. R'Lee Cummings, Wellington, Texas; Mrs. Mirty Daughtery, Plainview, Texas; Mrs. Amelia Bartlett, Wellington, Texas; and Ice B. Reeves of Sherman, Texas and with whom Mrs. Reeves made her home.

Mrs. Reeves was born in Clinton County, Kentucky in 1830. She married when she was 20 years of age and lived in Kentucky for 35 years after her marriage, coming to Texas with her husband and family in 1885. They settled in Young County and she lived there for 20 years. After here husband's death she made her home with her children and for the past few years had lived with her son here.

Mrs. Reeves joined the Baptist Church when she was 18 years of age and she had been a devoted member for three quarters of a century. At the time of her death she enjoyed the distinction of being one of the oldest Baptist in America, both in age and in years of membership. In spite of her advanced years, Mrs. Reeves was as bright and active mentally as women many years younger up to the time of her last illness. She was of a very genial, cheerful disposition, and was a great favorite in the neighborhood in which she lived. She was much beloved by all who knew her, and during the time she lived in Sherman made many friends who deeply mourn her death.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Aug 14 2022, 19:11:57 UTC