DRESDEN ENTERPRISE April 7, 1967 E. T. REAVIS Services for Elbert Thomas REAVIS were held at 2 Sunday afternoon at the Church of Christ. Mr. REAVIS died at 5 Friday afternoon at his home on East Main Street following a lengthy illness. Services were conducted by Fred CHUNN and B. W. GOREE with burial in Sunset Cemetery with Bowlin Funeral Home in charge. Mr. REAVIS, the oldest resident on Dresden, would have had his 98th birthday on September 1, 1967. He founded the dry goods firm of E. T. REAVIS & Son in 1900. He was a charter member of the Dresden Church of Christ. He served as Mayor of Dresden from 1919-1921 and was chairman of the board of directors of the Weakley County Bank. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mrs. Benjamin Virginia Loyd Reavis in 1946 and two children, the son, L. I. REAVIS, Sr., died in 1959 and a daughter, Carrie Gibbs REAVIS, died in infancy. He leaves his grandson, Loyd REAVIS, Jr., and three great grandchildren, Martha Lee REAVIS, Carol REAVIS and Tom REAVIS, all of Dresden; also surviving are two half brothers, W. O. REAVIS, Dresden and Cot REAVIS, Chattanooga; two half sisters Tal PEERY and Mrs. Robert BARR BRASFIELD, both of Dresden. Pallbearers: Snoda PARHAM, William PARKS, John ALEXANDER, A. J. DUNLAP, and Grooms HERRON.