Document Type: Obit A TRIBUTE published in the pages of The Daily Journal Tupelo, Miss. Feb. > 26, 1970 Entered Into Eternal Rest Wednesday, Feb. 25, 1970 John Reece Rites Today 3 > P.M. At West Heights Baptist PONTOTOC -John Russell Reece, 85, died Wednesday morning at the Pontotoc > Community Hospital. He was a retired farmer and member of the West Heights > Baptist Church. Funeral services will be at 3 P.M. today at the West Heights Baptist Church with > the Rev. Gerald Buckley officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery > with Baldwin Funeral Home in charge. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Georgia Anne Reece; three daughters, Miss > Thelma Reece of Milford, Conn., Mrs. Pearl Critelli of Bridgeport, Conn., > Mrs. Georgia Smith of Bridgeport, Conn.; six sons, Walter of Pontotoc, > Russell of Bridgeport, Aubrey of Memphis, James of Weir, Jimmy D. Reece > with the U.S. Air Force in Turkey, John Raymond Reece of Alabama; 33 > grandchildren; nine great grandchildren.