James Howard Reece

JAMES HOWARD REECE WAS BORN ON JULY 5, 1945, IN ROME, GEORGIA. HE ENTERED THE PRESENCE OF HIS LORD AND SAVIOR ON JANUARY 29, 2026, FOLLOWING A COURAGEOUS BATTLE WITH CANCER. HOWARD LIVED A LIFE MARKED BYDEEP FAITH, STEADFAST LOVE, AND JOYFUL SERVICE TO OTHERS.

HOWARD WAS A DEVOTED SON, BROTHER, HUSBAND, FATHER, GRANDFATHER, AND GREAT-GRANDFATHER. HE LOVED HIS FAMILY FIERCELY AND FAITHFULLY, BUT ABOVE ALL, HE LOVED JESUS. HIS LIFE WAS A TESTIMONY TO GOD'S GRACE, FORGIVENESS, AND UNFAILING LOVE. HOWARD DELIGHTED IN SHARING THROUGH SONG, PREACHING, AND EVERYDAY CONVERSATION. MUSIC AND MINISTRY WERE WOVEN INTO THE FABRIC OF HIS LIFE, AND HE FOUND GREAT JOY IN WORSHIP AND IN ENCOURAGING OTHERS IN THEIR FAITH.

HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS FATHER, WILLIAM J. REECE (1971); HIS MOTHER, SYBIL REECE POWELL (2010); HIS SISTER, MARY ANN GUNN (2008); AND HIS TWIN BROTHERS WHO PASSED AWAY IN INFANCY.

HOWARD LEAVES BEHIND A RICH LEGACY OF LOVE THROUGH HIS BELOVED WIFE, HELEN REECE; HIS SISTERS, ELAINE AND DIANE; HIS CHILDREN, GENA DOUD AND HUSBAND CHARLIE, PATRICIA CHANCE AND HUSBAND TERRY, JOHN REECE AND WIFE CHERYL, BEN REECE AND WIFE LINDSEY, AND ERIC GLENN.

HE WAS A PROUD PAWPAW TO JOHN, JUSTIN, KALYN, GAGE, TRINITY, BRODY, AND DYLAN; A CHERISHED "BONUS" PAWPAW TO JAMES, TYLER, MAGAN, KATELYNN, EVAN, AND CALEB; A JOYFUL GREAT-GRANDFATHER TO EMMA; AND A LOVING BONUS GREAT-GRANDFATHER TO ALICE, ERIC, MARY, BEN, CHANDLER, JORDYN, AND JAXON.

HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY MANY BELOVED NIECES AND NEPHEWS, MARK, TONYA AND KIDS, DARLENE, BUDDY AND KIDS, PAM, DEBBIE, DENISE, TEDDY, CRYSTAL, SANDY, BRANDY, BOY, TROY; MANY COUSINS, AND DEAR FRIENDS.

IN THE 1960S, HOWARD MOVED FROM GEORGIA TO TEXAS, WHERE HIS LIFELONG COMMITMENT TO CHURCH AND MINISTRY FLOURISHED AT SHADY OAKS ASSEMBLY OF GOD. THERE, HE SERVED FAITHFULLY AS SUNDAY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT, SONG LEADER, AND WAS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN ROYAL RANGERS AND CHRIST'S AMBASSADORS. IN 2000 HOWARD AND HIS LIFELONG FRIEND, CHARLES QUINNETT, FOUNDED AMAZING GRACE OUTREACH IN GRANGERLAND. HE POURED HIS HEART INTO THIS MINISTRY. SINCE 2018, HE HAS BEEN A FAITHFUL AND ACTIVE MEMBER OF SPLENDORA ASSEMBLY OF GOD.

HOWARD WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED BY ALL WHO KNEW AND LOVED HIM. WHILE WE GRIEVE HIS PASSING HERE ON EARTH, WE REJOICE IN KNOWING THAT HE IS NOW WHOLE, HEALED, AND HOME, REUNITED WITH LOVED ONES AND WALKING IN THE PRESENCE OF JESUS CHRIST, WHOM HE SERVED SO FAITHFULLY ALL HIS LIFE.

2 CORINTHIANS 5: 6-8

6 THEREFORE WE ARE ALWAYS CONFIDENT, KNOWING THAT, WHILST WE ARE AT HOME IN THE BODY, WE ARE ABSENT FROM THE LORD :7 (FOR WE WALK BY FAITH, NOT BY SIGHT) :8 WE ARE CONFIDENT, I SAY, AND WILLING RATHER TO BE ABSENT FROM THE BODY, AND TO BE PRESENT WITH THE LORD.

2 TIMOTHY 4:7-8

7 I HAVE FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT, I HAVE FINISHED THE RACE, I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH. :8 NOW THERE IS IN STORE FOR ME THE CROWN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, WHICH THE LORD, THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGE, WILL AWARD TO ME ON THAT DAY - AND NOT ONLY TO ME, BUT ALSO TO ALL WHO HAVE LONGED FOR HIS APPEARING.