Freed-Hardeman Connections
Researching the Restoration Movement in Mississippi and West Tennessee
Willis Leander Reeves
W. L. Reeves was born on a farm near Gadsden, Tenn., Nov. 24, 1871. His parents were among the foremost citizens of their community; strong intellectually and morally, and for the Faith, once for all delivered to the Saints they were zealous.
From childhood he was taught the scriptures. The moral and religious atmosphere was such that he became a Christian early in life, having been baptized at the age of fourteen by T. E. Scott.
His father died when he was twelve years of age. and he and his brothers worked on the farm and managed to spend the winter months in school.
At the age of twenty, he took the normal course in the Dixon Normal College, at Dixon, Tenn. after which he taught for three years. During this time he was a Bible student, a faithful worker in the church and occasionally preached. He took a course under Ashley S. Johnson in the Bible and History, since which time he has spent ten years preaching in Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico.
He is a clear, forceful speaker. His efforts are to present the Gospel in its purity.
Preachers Who Blazed the Trail by C. R. Nichol
W. L. Reeves was living in Lubbock, TX in 1910 (1880 US Federal Census). He died 17 Jul 1938. He was married to Eula Riggs.
W. L. Reeves was born on a farm near Gadsden, Tenn., Nov. 24, 1871. His parents were among the foremost citizens of their community; strong intellectually and morally, and for the Faith, once for all delivered to the Saints they were zealous.
From childhood he was taught the scriptures. The moral and religious atmosphere was such that he became a Christian early in life, having been baptized at the age of fourteen by T. E. Scott.
His father died when he was twelve years of age. and he and his brothers worked on the farm and managed to spend the winter months in school.
At the age of twenty, he took the normal course in the Dixon Normal College, at Dixon, Tenn. after which he taught for three years. During this time he was a Bible student, a faithful worker in the church and occasionally preached. He took a course under Ashley S. Johnson in the Bible and History, since which time he has spent ten years preaching in Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico.
He is a clear, forceful speaker. His efforts are to present the Gospel in its purity.
Preachers Who Blazed the Trail by C. R. Nichol
W. L. Reeves was living in Lubbock, TX in 1910 (1880 US Federal Census). He died 17 Jul 1938. He was married to Eula Riggs.