A. Douglas Reece

LONDON REECE, A. DOUGLAS, 63, passed away Wednesday, January 4, 2006, at St. Joseph Hospital. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to the late Albert and Opal Montgomery Reece. He is survived by one daughter, Amy Reece and one son, Adrian Reece, both of Richmond, KY; one brother, Gary (Linda) Reece; one niece and two nephews, Tara (Chris) England, Regan (Amy) Reece, all of Annville and Ryan (Amanda) Reece of London. He was a graduate of Tyner High School, EKU, and U of L Law School where he was a member of Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity. Upon graduation, he was admitted to the Kentucky Bar and practiced law in Clay and Laurel Counties. In 1987, he was admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court. He was Senior Managing Partner and Later of Counsel to the firm of Reece Lang and Breeding with offices in London and Lexington, Kentucky, as well as Atlanta, GA. Over the years he served on numerous boards and commissions, one of those being, a director of London Bank and Trust, First State Bank of Manchester and National City Bank Southeast. Mr. Reece served on the fund-raising committee of Cooperative Community Care, an interdenominational religious group, which built a facility for the homeless and needy. At the time of his death, he was practicing law, Chairman of the Board of the Center for Rural Development in Somerset as well as a member of the Executive Board of The Kentucky Native American Arts and Crafts Center at General Butler State Park and was an adopted member of the Piqa' Shawnee Tribe. Among other honors, he was a presidential elector of 2000. Doug was known as a "renaissance man" with many interests particularly in history, photography and fishing. He was a proud member of the Kenton Kin (descendants of Simon Kenton) and was a former Staff Sergeant, Kentucky National Guard. The funeral for A. Douglas Reece will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, January 8, 2006, in the chapel of House - Rawlings Funeral Home, London, Kentucky, with Dr. Terry Lester officiating. Burial will follow in the Tyner West Cemetery in Jackson, County, Kentucky. The Reece family will receive friends after 5 p.m. Saturday, January 7, 2006, at the House - Rawlings Funeral Home. Arrangements are under the direction of House - Rawlings Funeral Home, 510 East Fourth Street, London, Kentucky. An online guest register for Mr. Reece is available at www.houserawlings. com. The family has asked that in lieu of flowers memorial contributions be made to The Alzheimer's Association, Lexington/Bluegrass Chapter, 836 Euclid Ave., Suite 322, Lexington, Kentucky 40502 or to The Scott Rose Foundation, Inc., P.O. Box 5001, London, Kentucky 40745-5001.