Emily Reeves Obituary

REEVES, Emily Reevesville - Emily Dorcas Treacy Moorer Reeves, 96, widow of Thomas Brantley Reeves, Sr. died at her home on January 7, 2009 following an extended illness. Funeral Services will be held 11:00 AM Friday, January 9, 2009 at St. George United Methodist Church with the Reverend Dennis Mardis, Reverend Joey Branch and Chaplin Barbara Heyward officiating. Burial will follow in the Magnolia Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Alton Hartzog, Paul Wimberly, Ted Strickland, Clyde W. Hartzog, Jr., David Ford and Paul Westelaken. Visitation will be Thursday evening from 5:00-7:00 PM at Bryant Funeral Home. Mrs. Reeves was born on December 7, 1912 at the family home, Sycamore Lodge Plantation in Harleyville, SC. She was the daughter of the late Cicero Pinckney and Treacy Anne Bowman Moorer. A graduate of Harleyville High School and Winthrop College, she earned a BA degree in 1934. Mrs. Reeves completed her graduate work at Auburn University and the University of South Carolina. She was a dedicated educator over the next 35 years. She served as Principal of the elementary school in Reevesville and also taught there until her marriage. In 1953, she accepted the challenge to organize the first Dorchester County Library in St. George and established the circulating bookmobile schedule that provided services from Summerville Town Library to the Dorange Crossing. She held the position of Librarian until 1961 when she then returned to classroom teaching in the Harleyville-Ridgeville school system. Again, she accepted an organizational challenge in 1966 by becoming the first Headmistress of Dorchester Academy in Reevesville, after two years, she returned to public school teaching until her retirement in 1970. Mrs. Reeves was an active member of St. George United Methodist Church until her health failed and a former member of the United Methodist Women and Claudia Kizer Sunday School Class, member of Winthrop College Alumni Association, former member of Dorchester County Home Demonstration Club, and the Henry Middleton Chapter of DAR of Aiken, SC. Mrs. Reeves was predeceased by a son, Thomas Brantley (Brant) Reeves, Jr., siblings; Dorothy Bowman Moorer, Mary Elizabeth Moorer, Cicero Pinckney Moorer, Jr., William Jacob Moorer and Martha Theresa Muir. Surviving is her daughter, Anne Reeves Irick, Reevesville; a granddaughter, Ashley Irick (Jackie, Jr.) Nettles and a great-granddaughter, Lilli Anne Nettles, Orangeburg; a caring and loving niece, Elizabeth "Betsy" Moorer; a special sister-in-law, Nellie Mae Reeves and a number of nieces and nephews. Memorials may be made to St. George United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 506, St. George, SC 29477; Hospice of Charleston, 3896 Leeds Avenue, North Charleston, SC 29405 or the Magnolia Cemetery Annex, 297 Sugar Hill Road, St. George, SC 29477. Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths.