Reeves, Joseph Holland

Summary

Father: William H. Reeves
Mother: Lavinia Crow

Birth: c7 Aug 1897, South Carolina
Birth Source: Death Certificate

Death: 13 Feb 1965, Spartanburg, South Carolina
Death Source: Death Certificate

Spouse1: Mattie Lou McAbee

Narrative

Death Certificate says he was born Aug 8, but the WWI Draft card says Aug 7. Mattie Lou McAbee was living in the household with Joseph and his brother Charlie in 1940. She is listed as his wife on his death certificate.

The Greenville News, 14 Feb 1965
Joseph H. Reeves
Spartanburg - Joseph Holland Reeves, 67, of 156 Oakland Ave., died at his home Saturday at 4:30 a.m. after a long illness.
A native of Spartanburg County, he was a salesman for Thomas and Howard Wholesale Co. He was a son of the late William and Luvenia Crowe Reeves and was a Baptist.
Surviving is his wife, Mrs. Mattie Lou Keeling Reeves.
Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 2:30 p.m. at J. F. Floyd Mortuary by Rev. Boyce Coates. Burial will be in Antioch Cemetery near Enoree.
The body is at the mortuary.

Research Notes

Sources

Birth:          Death Certificate, Joseph Holland Reeves, 1965
                   WWI Draft Registration Card, Joseph Holland Reeves, 1918
Death:        Death Certificate, Joseph Holland Reeves, 1965
                   The Greenville News, 14 Feb 1965

1940 Census:  Spartanburg County, South Carolina