Reeves, Garland Gerald

Summary

Father: Lee Washington Reeves
Mother: Mary Annie Arthur

Birth: 9 Dec 1918, Bowdon, Georgia
Birth Source: Headstone, Marriage Record

Death: 8 Nov 1999
Death Source: Headstone

Spouse1: Sarah Margaret Dewberry, m. 27 May 1938, Coweta County, Georgia
Spouse2: Lucy Lagatha Sharp, m. 1 Feb 1943, Cleburne County, Alabama
Spouse2: Rosa Belle Hayes

Narrative

Children of Garland Gerald Reeves and Sarah Margaret Dewberry:

1. Gerald B. Reeves, b. 29 Dec 1940
2. Anthony Merrill Reeves, b. 7 Feb 1943

The WWII Draft Card (3734) from 1940 states that "Gerel" Gerland Reeves of Banning, Carrol County, Georgia, was born in Carrol County on 9 Dec 1918. His wife was listed as Mrs. Sara Margaret Reeves. The marriage record lists her name as Margaret Dewberry. She was the daughter of Tilman F. and Ola Dewberry and was born in Newnan, Georgia.

Garland and Margaret apparently divorced as she was remarried to Raymond N. Dickey by 1950 when they were found living in Lake Benton, Minnesota. In the household are Raymond's step-children "Geral" B. Reeves (9) and Anthony M. Reeves (7).

Margaret died 27 Oct 2002 in Monticello, Minnesota and was buried in the Worthington Memorial Gardens, Worthington, Minnesota.

Social Security Applications and Claims Index states that his parents were Lee W Reeves and Mary A Arthur. The marriage record to Lucy also states his parents were L. W. Reeves and Mary Annie Arthur. It states he was born in Bowdon, Georgia on 9 Dec 1918.

Lucy died 10 Apr 2003 and was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery in Birmingham, Alabama.

Research Notes

Sources

Marriage1:  FamilySearch - Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950
Marriage2:  FamilySearch - Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950
Marriage3:  FamilySearch - Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950
Burial:       Findagrave - Cahaba Heights Baptist Church Cemetery, Vestavia Hills, Jefferson County, Alabama

1920 Census:  Shiloh, Carroll County, Georgia
1930 Census:  Shiloh, Carroll County, Georgia
1940 Census:  
1950 Census:  Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama
1950 Census:  Lake Benton, Lincoln County, Minnesota (Raymond N. Dickey HOH)

FamilySearch - United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 (Ancestry)

Findagrave - Margaret R. Dickey - Worthington Memorial Gardens, Worthington, Nobles County, Minnesota
Obituary of Margaret R. Dickey, Argus-Leader (Sioux Falls, South Dakota), 29 Oct 2002

Findagrave - Lucy Lagatha Reeves - Forest Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama