William Newton Reese 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 1921 - Dublin, Erath Co., Texas
    Christening: 
          Death: 18 Jun 1996 - Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas ( at age 75) 1
         Burial: in Trinity Mem. Park, Big Spring, Howard Co., Texas
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: William Henry Reese (1871-1957) 2
         Mother: Margaret Harris Hancock (1893-1950) 2 3
Spouses and Children 
1. *Annis Pearl Ragsdale (1912 - 1991)
       Marriage: 3 Feb 1946 - Waco, McLennan Co., Texas
Notes
General:
MARRIAGE:

Big Spring Daily Herald (Big Spring, Texas), Tuesday, February 5, 1946:

Annis Pearl Ragsdale, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Ragsdale, was married to William N. Reese of Waco Sunday in a double ring ceremony performed by Rev. P. D. O'Brien in the Baptist parsonage.
The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Reese of Waco. The couple will make their home in Waco.

OBITUARY:

Tyler Morning Telegraph (Tyler, Texas), Thursday, June 20, 1996:

W. N. 'Joe' Reese
Services for William N. "Joe" Reese, 75, Amarillo, formerly of Tyler, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday at Schooler-Gordon Funeral Directors, Amarillo, with the Rev. C. Scott Greer officiating.
Private burial will be in Trinity Memorial Park in Big Spring.
Mr. Reese died June 18 in Amarillo.
He was born in Dublin and lived in Amarillo for four years. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, and was a longtime resident of Tyler. He worked for Exxon Gas Co. for 38 years, 35 years of which he was a service supervisor. He was a member of Annuitants Club, Kiwanis Club, and Colonial Hills Baptist Church, Tyler.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Annis Pearl Ragsdale Reese in 1991.
Survivors include son, Rodney Reese, Amarillo; sisters, Marian Akins, Cisco, and Faye Southerland, Dallas; brother, Hank Reese, Wyoming; and two grandchildren.
If desired, memorials may be made to Don & Sybil Harrington Cancer Center, 1500 Wallace Blvd., Amarillo, 79106.
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Sources

1 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 59466514.

2 Shirley B. Cawyer & Weldon I. Hudson, Erath County, Texas Cemetery Inscriptions, Vol 1, pg 112. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

3 McLennan Co., Texas Births -- 1929, http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/mclennan/vitals/births/1929/mclen29c.txt.

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