Irene Reeves

Canton-Irene Smathers Reeves, age 88 died Friday, December 26, 2003 at Britthaven of Clyde after a period of declining health.

She was the daughter of the late B. Delaney and Ethel Brannon Smathers, a pioneer family of Haywood County. She was the wife of the late Robert Letcher "Letch" Reeves who died in 1985. She was also preceded in death by a brother, Edwin Smathers and 2 sisters, Edna Mae Smathers and Mary Louise Talley. Mrs. Reeves was of the Baptist faith and a loving mother, grandmother and sister.

She is survived by one daughter, Clarene Corzine and her husband Tom of Clyde, one brother, Paul Smathers and his wife Margaret of Alamogordo, New Mexico, 2 grandsons and their wives, Keith and Kim Corzine of Cullowhee and Tim and Debbie Corzine of Greer, SC, 3 great-grandchildren; Coleman Corzine, Connor Corzine and Joshua Ralston and a number of nieces and nephews.

Graveside services will be at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, December 28, 2003 at Bon-A-Venture Cemetery on Old Clyde Road with her nephew Reverend Richard Kinsland officiating. The family will receive friends from 12:30 p.m. until 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Wells Funeral Home of Canton. At other times, the family will be at Mrs. Reeve's residence, 152 Pisgah Drive, Canton, NC 28716.

The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Bon-A-Venture Cemetery Maintenance Fund, 32 Rhoda Street, Canton, NC 28716.

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