Marceal Reeves

Marceal Viola Reeves 90, of Hewitt passed away surrounded by her loving family on Monday,September 1, 2014. A visitation will be held from 9 am to 10 am Friday, September 5, 2014 with the funeral service to begin at 10:00 am at Pecan Grove Funeral Home, 3124 Robinson Drive. Bishop Don Connell will officiate. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. There will also be a visitation Thursday, September 4 from 5 pm to 7 pm at the funeral home.
Marceal was born September 3, 1923 in Haskell Texas. She was a graduate of Haskell High School in 1943 and married the love of her life, Charles Harlan Reeves on June 4, 1943. They were together 69 years until his death in 2012. Charles and Marceal established their home in Meridian, Texas where Charles worked with the Soil Conservation Service and Marceal managed a home with three children. After calling Meridian home for over 25 years, Charles’ work took them to Sweetwater, Texas where they lived for the next 37 years. Throughout their marriage, they shared a love for the mountains. A love which ultimately led them to build a cabin which would become their official getaway for the years that followed. Marceal had a passion for art and loved painting while summering in Ruidoso. She especially loved painting beautiful landscapes, animals, flowers, “interesting people” and different still lifes. She won numerous ribbons and awards for her paintings but most all enjoyed the people and subjects she encountered during the course of practicing her craft. Of course, there was no area of her life that didn’t reflect her love and dedication to Christ. She wasn’t preachy, but you could see the presence of Christ in everything she did.
She was a member of Meadowbrook Baptist Church, and the Winsome Sunday school class where she was loved as a dear sister.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Oscar and Janie Whiteker and husband, Charles, a son, Mike Reeves, and a brother, Jake Whiteker. She is survived by her sister, Dovie Pittman and her husband, Walter of Grand Prairie, children, Bob Reeves and wife Mary of Grapevine and Patricia Summers and husband Jim of Hewitt and Mary Ann Reeves, daughter-in-law of Midland; grandchildren, Mark Buckingham of Red Oak, Brad Buckingham of China Spring, John Reeves of McKinney and Dan Reeves of West Palm Beach, Florida. Great Grandchildren, Desiree Buckingham Ramirez, Shaun Buckingham, Brad Allen Buckingham, Caeden Reeves, Landen Reeves, Preston Reeves, Mason Reeves, Ethan Reeves, Nate Reeves, Melanie and Emma Kirksey; Great Great Grandchildren, Witten Ramirez and Cora Rose Ramirez.