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Robert Dale Reaves, 64, of Wilmar, passed away Saturday at the VA Hospital in Little Rock. He was born August 13, 1946 in Drew County.
He was a systems analyst for Burlington Industries for 33 years, U. S. Army Veteran of Vietnam Era, was a Christian and member of Wilmar Baptist Church for almost 43 years. He was the son of the late Virgil Leroy Reaves and Willie Mae Kemp Reaves and was preceded in death by two brothers and five sisters.
Survivors include his wife, Jamie Lou Beaty Reaves of Wilmar whom he married on October 25, 1968; one son, Robert Lance Reaves and wife, Jennifer of Maumelle; one daughter, Shelley Reaves Smith and husband, Michael of Monticello; two brothers, James Reaves of Wilmar and Kenneth Reaves of Warren; two sisters, Shirl Bunch of Benton and Mary Ann Gotham of Oxford, MI; three granddaughters, Jordan Smith, Karsyn Smith and Sarah Reaves; and one brother-in-law, Walter Burt of Wilmar.
He was a systems analyst for Burlington Industries for 33 years, U. S. Army Veteran of Vietnam Era, was a Christian and member of Wilmar Baptist Church for almost 43 years. He was the son of the late Virgil Leroy Reaves and Willie Mae Kemp Reaves and was preceded in death by two brothers and five sisters.
Survivors include his wife, Jamie Lou Beaty Reaves of Wilmar whom he married on October 25, 1968; one son, Robert Lance Reaves and wife, Jennifer of Maumelle; one daughter, Shelley Reaves Smith and husband, Michael of Monticello; two brothers, James Reaves of Wilmar and Kenneth Reaves of Warren; two sisters, Shirl Bunch of Benton and Mary Ann Gotham of Oxford, MI; three granddaughters, Jordan Smith, Karsyn Smith and Sarah Reaves; and one brother-in-law, Walter Burt of Wilmar.