Roanoke Times
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DATE: FRIDAY, June 4, 1993 TAG: 9306040347
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LEXINGTON LENGTH: Short
OBIT-REEVES, NELLE WORD
REEVES, Nelle Word, 72, of Lexington, died Wednesday, June 2, 1993, at the
Stonewall Jackson Hospital. She was born at Bellevue in Halifax County on
February 11, 1921. She was the daughter of the late Nelle Word Reeves and John
Henry Reeves. After graduation from the Virginia Baptist Hospital School of
Nursing, she worked in hospitals in South Boston; later she worked at the
Richmond Memorial Hospital for twenty-five years where she served as a nursing
supervisor. She was a member of the Oxford Presbyterian Church in Rockbridge
County. Survivors include her sister, Mrs. William H. Anderson of Richmond; a
brother, John H. Reeves Jr. of Lexington; three nieces, Nell McDaniel, Trudy
Melvin, Terry Whitmore, all of Lexington; two nephews, William Griffin
Anderson of Germany, John H. Reeves III of Richmond; four great-nieces and
three great-nephews. A memorial service will be held at Oxford Presbyterian
Church on Sunday, June 6, at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Bart Hellmuth officiating.
The family suggests that memorial contributions be made to the American Cancer
Society or to an organization of your choice.
by CNB