Reeves, Vernon Franklin

Summary

Father: Bascomb MacKendry Reeves
Mother: Florrie Estilane

Birth: 3 Mar 1900, Alabama
Birth Source: WWI Draft Card

Death: 26 Jan 1979, Orange County, Florida
Death Source: FL Death Index

Spouse1: Doren E.

Narrative

Children of Vernon Franklin Reeves and Doren E.:

1. Vernon Franklin Reeves, b. c1926
2. Lawrence M. Reeves, b. c1928

Vernon appears in Bascomb Reeves's household as a son in the 1900 and 1920 censuses.

Vernon is buried in the Woodlawn Memorial Park, Gotha, Orange County, Florida.

The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Jan 1979
Mr. Vernon Frank Reeves, 78, 705 S. Broadway Drive, Ocoee, died Friday. Born in Coffee County, Ala., he moved to Ocoee from Okeechobee in 1977. He was a retired barber and a member of Ocoee United Methodist Church. Survivors: wife, Doren, sons, Vernon Jr., Chiefland, Laurens, Okeechobee; brothers, Cody, Ft. Pierce, Ed and Dock, both of Winter Garden, Arley L. Reeves, Orlando, sister, Mrs. Maggie Folsom, Hartford, Ala.; eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Collison-Ocoee Funeral Home, Ocoee.

Research Notes

Sources

Birth:          World War I Draft Registration Card, Vernon Frank Reeves, 1918
Death:        FamilySearch - Florida Death Index, 1877-1998

1900 Census:  Coffee County, Alabama
1920 Census:  Geneva County, Alabama
1930 Census:  Okeechobee County, Florida