Clemmie Annabelle Groomes Reeves

LEICESTER - CLEMMIE ANNABELLE GROOMES REEVES, OF 105 GILBERT RD., DIED SUNDAY, JANUARY 28, 2001 AT MOUNTAIN AREA HOSPICE. MRS. REEVES WAS A NATIVE OF HAYWOOD COUNTY AND HAD RESIDED IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY SINCE 1944. SHE RETIRED FROM DREXEL FURNITURE IN 1972 AFTER 11 1/2 YEARS OF EMPLOYMENT AND HAD BEEN FORMERLY EMPLOYED BY GORDON FURNITURE COMPANY. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE COLUMBUS R (LUM) GROOMES AND THE LATE MAGGIE ELIZABETH BALDWIN GROOMES. SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY DAUGHTERS, JANET McCOY AND SUE ROWLAND, SISTER, EDNA PRICE, AND BROTHER, MANSON GROOMES. SURVIVING ARE HER HUSBAND, JAMES A REEVES OF THE HOME; DAUGHTERS, SHIRLEY WORLEY OF LEICESTER, AND SHEILA REEVES OF GREENVILLE, SC; SONS, EARL REEVES OF SWANNANOA, AND JOE REEVES OF LEICESTER; SISTERS, MILLIE KENNEDY OF FLORIDA, ANN REEVES OF LEICESTER, AND HAZEL BODZIAK OF WYANDOTTE, MI; BROTHER, COY GROOMES OF WEAVERVILLE; 16 GRANDCHILDREN, 20 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 2:00 PM TUESDAY AT LITTLE SANDY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF WHICH SHE WAS A MEMBER. THE REVS. DAVID L. WARREN AND ED WORLEY WILL OFFICIATE. BURIAL WILL BE IN THE CHURCH CEMETERY. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FROM 7 UNTIL 9 PM MONDAY AT ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME. FLOWERS ARE ACCEPTABLE, OR MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO MOUNTAIN AREA HOSPICE, P.O. BOX 25338, ASHEVILLE, NC 28813.