Obituary of Donald Reel

Services for Donald Joe Reel, 79, Arp, are scheduled for 9:00 am, Wednesday, June 19, 2013, at the Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home Chapel, with the Reverend Marvin Harmon and Chaplain Keith Lybrand officiating. Burial will be in Mason Cemetery under the direction of Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home. Mr. Reel died Sunday, June 16, 2013. He was born March 10, 1934, in Selman City, TX to the late John Clayton Reel and Mary Elizabeth Sanders Reel. He had worked as a Tire Builder for Kelly Springfield of Tyler. He was a member of the Arp Chamber of Commerce, a member of Arp School Board, he attended Kilgore College, and was a member of Arp Methodist Church, he loved working with the Vacation Bible School, and he enjoyed woodworking and building bird houses. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Harold Reel and J.C. Reel, and Sister, Iva Lester Sautelle. Survivors include his wife Martha Reel, Arp; son and daughter-in-law, John Steven and Glena Sue Reel, San Antonio; daughter , JoAnn Reel Turner, Carthage; grandchildren, Misti Bradshaw, Jesse McKelvey, Dixie Reel, Sammy Reel; great grandchildren, Mia Bradshaw, Nathan Bradshaw, Ryan McKelvey, and Bently McKelvey. Pallbearers will be Jesse McKelvey, Rex Wood, David Reel, Steve Kitchings, Tamasa Wofford and Harry Reel. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm, Tuesday, June 18. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Heart to Heart Hospice, 100 W. Parkway Suite A, Longview, TX. 75605.