Leonard Reese

Services will be held for Leonard Reese, Friday, September 16, 2011, 11 am at Anderson Bethany Funeral Home, Roswell, NM with burial following at South Park Cemetery, Roswell, NM. Visitation will be held Wednesday, September 14, 2011 and Thursday, September 15, 2011 at Anderson Bethany Funeral Home, Roswell, NM, from 8 am to 8 pm. Leonard Reese, 54, of Roswell, New Mexico passed away September 10, 2011 at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock Texas. Leonard was born February 21, 1957 in Roswell, New Mexico to Rosie Williams Reese. Leonard was a lifelong resident of Roswell, New Mexico and a member of the Church of Christ. He also served his country in the United States Army and honorably discharged. He is survived by his wife, Nathalie of the Home, siblings: brother, Ernest Reese of Roswell, NM; brother, James Willie Reese and wife, Mary of Copperas Cove, TX; sister, Vera Allen of Roswell, NM; sister, Jo Ann Wall of Pensacola, FL; brother, Lawerence Reese and wife, Gloria of Killeen, TX; brother, Horace Reese and wife, Linda of Roswell, NM; sister, Sammie Jo Reese of Fort Worth, TX; brother, Henry Reese of Roswell, NM; brother, Charles Reese and wife, Ruth of Roswell, NM; sister, Patsi Brock of Forth Worth, TX; and brother, Kenneth Reese of Fort Worth, TX. His children: Theresa Ofori, Rosie Reese, Vanessa Reese, Leonard Jerome Reese, Cedric Reese, Victoria Reese, Kaneesha Reese, Kiwana Reese, Tashae Reese, Paul Anthony Reese, and stepson, Eddie Jackson Jr. Leonard also had numerous grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends who will miss him dearly. Preceding Leonard in death are his mother, Rosie Reese, nephew, Lee Webb and nephew, Johnathan Reese. Serving as pallbearers are Eddie Lee Jackson Sr., Eddie Lee Jackson Jr., George Lacy, James Webb Sr., James Webb Jr., and James Jackson. Honorary pallbearers are Leonard Jerome Reese and Wayne Jackson. Please take a moment to share your thoughts and memories in the online register book at andersonbethany.com. Arrangements are under the direction of Anderson Bethany Funeral Home and Crematory. “Those we love don’t go away, they stay beside us every day, unseen, unheard but always near, still missed, still loved, still very dear.”

Leonard Reese

February 21, 1957 - September 10, 2011