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Name: James Lee REESE
Sex: M
Birth: 29 DEC 1917 in HOLMES COUNTY, FLORIDA
Death: 26 OCT 1983 in Holmes County, Florida
Burial: Reese Family Cemetary, Holmes County, Florida.
Person Id: I023
Tree Id: 245606

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Parents

Father:

John Thomas REESE: Birth: 15 SEP 1879 in Florida. Death: 27 MAR 1972 in Holmes County, Florida

Mother:

Effie Evelyn GUILFORD: Birth: 22 SEP 1890 in Holmes County, Florida. Death: 12 JUL 1979 in Holmes County, Florida

Family
Marriage:

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Sources

1.	Source: Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2, Ed. 6, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: Dec 26, 1999, Internal Ref. #1.112.6.54885.89

Notes

Note: CORPORAL US ARMY WWII
Was wounded. Had a steel plate in his head and one in his leg where he had been shot. Was on 70% disability after the war.
Was a bootlegger in the early days with his brother Ralph (George Alpheus Reese). Played "thunder road" or chase in Southern Alabama.
Was considered a "rum runner."
Was one of the meanest men in the family
Was a mechanic - he built race cars and raced them.

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