Rachel Reeves

Rachel Lee Reeves, 88, of Golinda-Robinson passed away Sunday, June 11th 2017, at St. Catherine’s Center after a brief illness. Funeral services will be at 10:00 A.M. Thursday, June 15, at First Baptist Church of Golinda, 7140 Golinda Drive, with Dr. Morgan Woodard officiating. Visitation will be from 6-8 P.M. Wednesday, June 14, at Pecan Grove Funeral Home, 3124 Robinson Drive.

Rachel was born March 3, 1929 at home on the family farm in Collin county Texas. The only child of Anna Bess and Willie Franklin Betterton.

Rachel attended a Collin county rural school and graduated from McKinney High School in 1946. Soon after graduation she enrolled in Providence Nursing school in Waco, TX. and graduated in 1949. She soon began her nursing career at Veteran Affairs Medical Hospital in McKinney, TX. here she met a handsome Marine Veteran named Eugene M. Reeves and married on October 28, 1950. Her nursing career took her to several different hospitals and she retired in 1989 from the Waco Veterans Hospital.

Rachel enjoyed time with her family, grandchildren, and great grandchildren, as well as attending church and socializing with her Sunday school class. She had a tender heart for all animals, and a fondness for music and dancing.

Rachel and Eugene had four daughters, Ann, Mary, Kay, and Kelly. Soon there were eight grandchildren and before long ten great grandchildren.

Preceding her in death were her parents Anna Bess and Willie Franklin Betterton, her beloved husband, Eugene M. Reeves, and her beautiful daughter, Kay Carter.

Left to cherish her memory are her daughters, Ann Bailey of Lorena, TX., Mary Whitaker and husband Cliff of Robinson, TX., and Kelly Reeves of Lago Vista, TX., along with her grandchildren, great grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers for the service will be her six grandsons, Bryan, Chris, and Nick Carter; Lucas and Zach Carlisle; and Matthew Bailey.