Benjamin Reeves

Funeral services for Mr. Benjamin Chapman Reeves, age 78, will be held Friday, December 26, 2014 at 2 P.M. at the St James Episcopal Church in Eufaula. The Drake Whitelaw will officiate and burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery Addition with Chapman Funeral Home of Eufaula directing. Mr. Reeves died December 21, 2014 at Medical Center Barbour in Eufaula. Born February 2, 1936 in Eufaula, Alabama he was the son of (the late) Virginia Chapman and Malcolm McNab Reeves. Mr. Reeves graduated from Eufaula High School as Valedictorian and graduated from The University of Alabama with a degree in business in 1958. He served as President of the SGA at The University of Alabama in 1958. Mr. Reeves was also a member of Jason-Omicron Delta Kappa- Beta Gamma Sigma-Phi Delta Theta and attended The University of Alabama Law School in 1960, also was R.O.T.C. Cadet Colonel.

Mr. Reeves married Charlotte Adams of Ozark, Alabama in 1959. He served in the Military for 2 years before returning home to join his father in the peanut business. He also served as District Attorney of Barbour & Bullock Counties from 1963-1981 and was President of the Alabama District Attorney's Association. Mr. Reeves was elected into the Farrah Law Society in 1972, President of the Eufaula Rotary Club from 1980-1981, Chairman of the National Peanut Council from 1984-1985. He was also the President of the Southeastern Peanut Association from 1989-1990, University of Alabama Presidents Cabinet from 1980-2000, and a member of the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame, Paul Harris Fellow. Mr. Reeves served as Chairman on the Board of Directors of The Lakeside School, received the Eufaula Tribune Good Citizen Award in 1996, and a member of the Board of Directors for First National Bank from 1970-2004. He was the President and Chairman of the Board at Reeves Peanut Company from 1972 until his death.

Survivors: His wife Charlotte Reeves, Children: Benjamin Chapman Reeves Jr. (Beth), Eleanor Virginia Reeves, Mary McNab Reeves Stukes (Sadler), Samuel Adams Reeves (Lauren); Grandchildren: Chapman and Peyton Reeves; Mac, Sam, and John Graham Parker; Sadler, Charlotte, and Copeland Stukes; Elle and Caroline Reeves.

Active Pallbearers: Joe Adams, Sam LeMaistre, Brent Irby, Frank Tamplin, Charlie Speake, Joel Smith, Tom Milldrum, and Bob Dixon.

Honorary Pallbearers: the Honorable Richard Shelby, the Honorable Gorman Houston, Dr. John Hagood,

Jerry Grimsley, Ronald Brown, J.W. Willlis, Lewie Helms, Johnny Powell, Jim Moore, Bob Johnson, Bobby Dixon.