Dec. 1, 1921 – Dec. 23, 2018

MONTEREY — Services for Arleigh Inez Reeves, 97, of Monterey, who died Sunday, Dec. 23, 2018, at Riverland Medical Center, will be 1 p.m. Friday at Monterey First Baptist Church with the Rev. John Rushing and the Rev. Clyde Grammon officiating.
Burial will follow at Rice Cemetery in Monterey under the direction of Young’s Funeral Home.
Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until service time Friday at the church.
Mrs. Reeves was born Dec. 1, 1921, in Monterey, the daughter of John Howard Blount and Phoebe Crane Blount.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Lloyd Herschel Reeves Sr.; one son, John Thomas Reeves; two daughters, Mary Ann Lowe and Rebecca Lynn Hernandez; one brother, Raymond Blount; three sisters, Clara Steele, Mary Rayburn and Edna Morgan; and one grandson, Tyler King.
Survivors include two sons, David Reeves and wife, Larly, of West Monroe, La., and Lloyd Herschel Reeves Jr. and wife, Jeanine, of Monterey; one daughter, Ruth Freeman of Vidalia; 20 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be grandsons, Robert Reeves, Lloyd Reeves, Steve Kelly, Mike Reeves, John Reeves and Lawson Reeves.
The family extends special thanks for the kindness of the nurses at Louisiana Home Care in Vidalia and the critical care nurses and Riverland Hospital.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at youngsfh.com.