Obituary for E Lamar Reece Sr.
Eddie Lamar Reece, Sr., 63, husband of the late Karen Ann Watford Reece, died Saturday, May 25, 2019, at Prisma Health Tuomey.
Born January 19, 1956, in Marietta, GA, he was a son of the late Eddie B. Reece and the late Virginia Margaret Burnette Reece. He retired from the U.S. Air Force and Becton-Dickinson. He enjoyed fishing and was a jack of all trades.
Survivors include three sons, Eddie Lamar Reece, Jr. (Miranda) of Sumter, Matthew Reece (Savannah) of Wedgefield, and Joshua Reece of Sumter; a granddaughter, Hannah Grace Reece; Godchildren, Seth Speziale, Aidan Speziale, and Krystal Speziale; brothers, Thomas Reece and Gene Reece both of Brunswick, GA and Glen Reece (Lois) of Thompson, GA; a number of nieces and nephews; and his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Frank Watford, Sr. and Mary Nesbitt Watford of Sumter.
Funeral services will be held at 3 P.M. Tuesday in the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home chapel. Burial with full military honors will be in the Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 P.M. Monday at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home.
Memorials may be made to New Testament Lighthouse Church, 7 Coleman St., Sumter, SC 29153.
Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.
Born January 19, 1956, in Marietta, GA, he was a son of the late Eddie B. Reece and the late Virginia Margaret Burnette Reece. He retired from the U.S. Air Force and Becton-Dickinson. He enjoyed fishing and was a jack of all trades.
Survivors include three sons, Eddie Lamar Reece, Jr. (Miranda) of Sumter, Matthew Reece (Savannah) of Wedgefield, and Joshua Reece of Sumter; a granddaughter, Hannah Grace Reece; Godchildren, Seth Speziale, Aidan Speziale, and Krystal Speziale; brothers, Thomas Reece and Gene Reece both of Brunswick, GA and Glen Reece (Lois) of Thompson, GA; a number of nieces and nephews; and his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Frank Watford, Sr. and Mary Nesbitt Watford of Sumter.
Funeral services will be held at 3 P.M. Tuesday in the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home chapel. Burial with full military honors will be in the Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 P.M. Monday at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home.
Memorials may be made to New Testament Lighthouse Church, 7 Coleman St., Sumter, SC 29153.
Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.