Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas
Monday, September 25, 2006
FREDONIA - Reeves, Arthur
Reeves, Arthur, 94, died Sept. 23, 2006. Funeral 10 a.m. Tuesday, Timmons Funeral Home Chapel. Survived by daughter, Gerry Calame of Fredonia; brother John Reeves of Salesville, Ark; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Timmons Funeral Home, Fredonia. Condolences may be sent to http://www.timmonsfuneralhome.com
Arthur quit school in the fourth grade to help support the family when his father became ill. His father, Hardin Licurgas Reeves, hauled water with a team and wagon from the Cotter Spring in Cotter, Arkansas and then sold it to townspeople to fill their cisterns with fresh drinking water. He worked as a laborer on the historic Rainbow Arch Bridge ( also called the Cotter Bridge ) during the 1930's until he finally secured a job with the railroad cleaning out tinder boxes on old steam locomotives in 1937. During this period, he taught himself to read by using the Railroad Rule Book as a primer. In 1953, he was transferred to the terminal in Wichita, Kansas where he finally became an engineer on the newer diesel locomotives. He remained an engineer until his retirement in 1975.
He married Mabel Gearaldine Jordan on October 2, 1930 in Cotter, Baxter, Arkansas. They had two children.
Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas
Monday, September 25, 2006
FREDONIA - Reeves, Arthur
Reeves, Arthur, 94, died Sept. 23, 2006. Funeral 10 a.m. Tuesday, Timmons Funeral Home Chapel. Survived by daughter, Gerry Calame of Fredonia; brother John Reeves of Salesville, Ark; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Timmons Funeral Home, Fredonia. Condolences may be sent to http://www.timmonsfuneralhome.com
Arthur quit school in the fourth grade to help support the family when his father became ill. His father, Hardin Licurgas Reeves, hauled water with a team and wagon from the Cotter Spring in Cotter, Arkansas and then sold it to townspeople to fill their cisterns with fresh drinking water. He worked as a laborer on the historic Rainbow Arch Bridge ( also called the Cotter Bridge ) during the 1930's until he finally secured a job with the railroad cleaning out tinder boxes on old steam locomotives in 1937. During this period, he taught himself to read by using the Railroad Rule Book as a primer. In 1953, he was transferred to the terminal in Wichita, Kansas where he finally became an engineer on the newer diesel locomotives. He remained an engineer until his retirement in 1975.
He married Mabel Gearaldine Jordan on October 2, 1930 in Cotter, Baxter, Arkansas. They had two children.
Family Members
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Emily Catherine Reeves Spangler
1875–1961
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James Franklin Reeves
1879–1923
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Moses Mack Reeves
1883–1971
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David O Reeves
1890–1973
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Hattie Helen Reeves Baker
1893–1984
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Etta Reeves Gilliland
1906–1926
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Edna Lola Reeves Thurman
1909–1999
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Ora Florence Reeves Gehrer
1915–1976
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John Allen Reeves
1919–2009
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C M Reeves Goates
1924–2001
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