01/28/2012 – Obituary – Mr. Jimmy Paul Reeves – Age 79 – Sulligent, AL – Otts Funeral Home, Sulligent, AL

Mr. Jimmy Paul Reeves
(September 4, 1932 – January 28, 2012)

Jimmy Paul Reeves, age 79, Sulligent, Alabama, passed away Saturday, January 28, 2012 at the Northwest Medical Center, Winfield, Alabama.

Visitation, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m., Sunday evening, January 29, 2012, at the Otts Funeral Home, Sulligent, Alabama.   Funeral service, 11:00 a.m., Monday, January 30, 2012, at the Sulligent First Baptist Church, Sulligent, Alabama.  The body will lie-in-state at the church from 10:00 a.m. until service time at 11:00 a.m.  Burial in Sulligent City Cemetery.  Bro. Byron Pickering and Bro. Jeff Chaffin officiating.  Active pallbearers, Farris Reeves, Jessie Christian, Will Reeves, Ed Godfrey, Wyman Estes and Billy McClendon.  Honorary pallbearers, Deacons at First Baptist Church, Billy Ogden, Shelby Roberts, Wayne Carruth and Herbert Scott.

Mr. Reeves was born September 4, 1932, in Lamar County, Alabama, to the late Paul J. and Alice Belle Jackson Reeves.  He was a member of Sulligent First Baptist Church, where he also served as a Deacon.  Mr. Reeves worked as an accountant for Ogden Management and also worked 17 years with Liberty National Life Insurance Company until his retirement.  He was a Veteran of the U.S. Army, serving during the Korean War and he was a Mason.  He enjoyed hunting, playing golf and fishing.

He is survived by his wife, Barbara McCarley Reeves, Sulligent, AL.; 2 sons, Jim (Bonnie) Reeves, Sulligent, AL., and Bill (Cathy) Reeves, Sulligent, AL.; 3 grandchildren, Aaron Reeves, Gainsville, FL., Ryan Reeves, Auburn, AL., and Holley Reeves, Sulligent, AL.; 3 brothers, Carl (Sybil) Reeves, Millport, AL., Jerry (Pat) Reeves, Sulligent, AL., and Brock (Linda) Reeves, Sulligent, AL.; and 2 sisters, Polly (Frank) Mixon, Beaverton, AL., and Barbara (Paul) Nolen, Winfield, AL.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Paul J. and Alice Belle Reeves; and 2 infant brothers.