Rev. Boyd Reeves

Gerald Boyd Reeves, 65, of 1801 Kentuck Church Road, Ringgold, VA died on Thursday, April 5, 2012 at Danville Regional Medical Center. Rev. Reeves was born in Thomaston, GA on February 24, 1947 a son of the late Jerry Lewis Reeves and the late Dorothy Ragan Reeves. He was a 1965 graduate of Yatesville High School. He was captain of his high school basketball team, MVP, and leading scorer of the 1965 Triple A high school team an elected to the 6A Sports Hall of Fame in 2008. He went to serve our country in the US Army in the 82nd Airborne and served during the Vietnam War. After high school he graduated with a BA at Georgia Southwestern College. He then went on to receive a Master of Divinity from Southeastern Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, NC. After graduation he was a pastor at Calvary Baptist Church in Dawson, GA, Potecasi Baptist Church in Potecasi, NC, and Vandola Baptist Church, in Danville, VA. He also went in to the mission field and was part of the International Mission Board. While in France he attended L?Institut de Touraine, Tours and graduated with a level five French certificate. He also served as a missionary for the International Mission board in Martinique, French West Indies as well as in Montréal Quebec for 18 years. Rev. Reeves then went to be the pastor at First Baptist Church in Niceville, FL, for nine years and he was a representative for the International Mission Board of Trustees. In January of 2009 he went to be the pastor at Kentuck Baptist Church where he was the current pastor. On November 28, 1968 he was wed to and is survived by his wife of 44 years, Maxine Day Reeves. In addition to his wife, Rev. Reeves is survived by two daughters, Alisha Dawn Samples and husband Benjamin of Lexington, SC; Luanne Reeves Davis and her husband, Chris Davis of Blair, VA; five grandchildren, Alyssa Samples, Levi Samples, Abigail Davis, Samuel Davis, and Madison Davis; two brothers, Jerry Reeves and his wife Cheryl of Lenoir, NC and James Reeves and his wife Elaine of TX; and adopted daughter Mandy Davis and her son Kameran Reidel of Fort Walton Beach, FL. In addition to his parents he was predeceased by one granddaughter, Faith Lynn Reeves in 2007. A favorite quote of Reverend Reeves was ?I must decrease, He must increase.? He will be deeply missed by his family, friends and his church community. The funeral service will be conducted Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at Kentuck Baptist Church by The Reverend Owen Duncan, The Rev. Dr. Haywood Day, The Reverend Scott Bortz and The Reverend Jerry Reeves officiating. Interment will follow in Floral Hills Memory Garden. The family will receive friends on Monday, April 9, 2012 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the church and at other times the family will be at the residence, 1801 Kentuck Church Road, Ringgold VA 24586. Wrenn-Yeatts North Main Chapel is respectfully serving the Reeves family.

Rev. Boyd Reeves

February 24, 1947 - April 5, 2012