Beckham Co. OK REV.JAMES THOMAS REEL Posted by Jearldene (McDonald * Dalton)Hodde *NOTE* REEL,JAMES THOMAS Rev. b.15 Jan 1862 d.26 Oct 1949 buried Carter Cemetery*Carter,Beckham Co.,Ok., m.Rebecca Jane DALTON 1885 m. Mrs.Mary STOCKARD-(married name )1943 ************************************************************ Out of town relatives attending the funeral of Rev.J.T.REEL here Thursday were Mr.and Mrs. Walter REEL,Mr.and Mrs.Orvil REEL,all of Burkburnett,Texas,Mr.and Mrs.Harley REEl.Mr.and Mrs. Bud JONES,all of Sayre,Mrs. J.STACKARD,Mrs.Christine NEWMAN,Mrs.Jim McNAMARA and daughter,Joan,all of Roswell,N.M.,Mr.and Mrs.Douglas HEATH and children,J.C.REEL of Albuquerkue,N.M.,Edd REEL of Porum,Mr.and Mrs. Raymond HUTCHENS of Darant and Mavis HUTCHENS of Davidson. Funeral services are pending today for James Thomas REEL,of Carter who died in a local hospital Wednesday following an illness of two weeks.Services for Mr.REEL will be conducted at the Carter First Baptist Church by Ministers Sam MAY of Vernon,Tex.,and Ed ABBOT of Sayre. Mr.REEL,who was born on January 15,1862,in Locksburg,Arkansas,was married in 1885 to Rebecca Jane DALTON,who died June 16,1937,at Vandevoort,Ark.In 1943.he married Mrs.Mary STOCKARD,who survives him,in Roswell,N.M.Mr.REEL came to Carter in 1900,and had lived there since that time.He served as a Free Will Baptist minister for the past 48 years.He was a charter member of the Carter Masonic lodge No.423. He is survived by his wife of the home address;three sons,Walter of Burkburnett,Tex.,Ed of Porum,and Joe of Carter;one daughter,Mrs.Minnie HUTCHENS of Sayre;10 grandchildren,17 great-grandchildren,two great-great-grandchildren,and one nephew,Bill REEL of Okmulgee. Burial will be in the Carter cemetery with MARTIN-HULLUM funeral directors in charge of arrangments.