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Sylvesta Roy Reece
Apr 1, 1939 - Jul 4, 2021
Posted by Martha Reddout
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Marietta Monitor
9 Jul 2021, Page 4
Sylvesta Roy Reece, 82, passed away Sunday, July 4, 2021 in Oklahoma
City. Graveside services were held at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 8 in the
Greenville Cemetery with Reverend Steven Skinner officiating.
Roy was born on April 1, 1939 in Madill to Valford Leon and Pauline Lee
McHargue Reece. He attended Madill Public Schools and went on to work
for a seismograph company. He married Geraldine Ann Dickson on August
18, 1956 in Gainesville, Texas. They lived in Madill a while and later
moved to Oklahoma City where he worked at a propane cooling station. Roy
then started his career in the oilfield working for Fleet Drilling
Company as a roughneck and worked his way up until he was the drilling
superintendent. He worked for almost every oilfield throughout the area,
retiring after 40 years. Immediately following, he went to work for
Greenville Schools as a custodian and bus driver for the next 10 years
and then took a second retirement in 2008. Roy loved working in the
orchard with his fruit trees and when given a chance he would fish. He
enjoyed playing dominos "Moon" and canasta.
He was preceded in death by his parents and brothers, Jerry Wayne Reece,
Harold Wayne Reece, Russell Reece and Freddie Reece.
Survivors include his wife, Jerri Reece; three daughters, Corliss
Johnson, Peggy Reece and fiance' Paul Grooms, and Audra Lee Tate and
husband Billy; two sons, Sylvesta Roy Reece, Jr. and Jeff Reece and wife
Elsa; 14 grandchildren and special grandson, Dustin Hicks; six
great-grandsons; 16 great-granddaughters; three brothers; six sisters;
and numerous nieces, nephews and a host of family and friends.
Serving as pallbearers were his grandsons.
Online guest book: www.griffinhillcrest.com
Griffin-Hillcrest
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