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Graveside services will be held 11 AM, Saturday, October 4, 2025, at Salem Cemetery in Ben Hill County, Georgia. The family will receive friends from 6-8 Friday evening at the funeral home in Fitzgerald.
Mr. Reaves was born March 13, 1953, in Pitts, Georgia, to the late George Elton & Bessie Lois Trawick Reaves. He worked as a cloth spreader and cutter for H.R. Kaminsky & Sons. He also farmed and enjoyed mowing grass. He was an avid fisherman and hunter and loved listening to gospel music and Donnie Swaggart preaching. He was a member of Salem Baptist Church.
He is survived by his sisters: Mary & Bill Smathers of Abbeville, Hazel & Curtis Brown of Abbeville, and Betty Jo Adkinson of Rochelle; sisters-in-law, Debra Reaves of Rochelle and Aggie Reaves of Ozark, Alabama. Many nieces and nephews also survive. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Karleen Reaves; and four brothers: David Reaves, Roger Reaves, Billy Reaves, and George Elton "Hoss" Reaves, Jr.
Paulk Funeral Home, Fitzgerald, is in charge of arrangements.
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