Pauline Reeves, 81, of Kennett, died Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2007, at Kennett.

Born Sept. 8, 1926, in Berry, Ala., daughter of the late James Garfield and Dezzie Arseno Kimbrell Inmon, she was a member of the First Baptist Church.

On Feb. 16, 1944, in Tuscumbia, Ala., she married William Clinton Reeves, who preceded her in death on Oct. 4, 1992. She was also preceded in death by an infant son, Rodney Reeves; two brothers and three sisters.

Survivors include nine sons, William C. Reeves, Jr., Terry W. Reeves and wife, Cathy, Johnny O. Reeves and wife, Debbie, Randy A. Reeves and Larry E. Reeves, all of Kennett, Gary R. Reeves and wife, Janet, of Blytheville, Ark., Robby P. Reeves and wife, Jackie, of Gobler, Mo., Anthony G. Reeves and wife, Sarah, of New Madrid, Mo., and Carey S. Reeves, of Arbyrd, Mo.; five daughters, Peggy A. McCullough and husband, Scott, of Blytheville, Sherry D. McClure and husband, Brent, of Olive Branch, Miss., Sheila K. Thomason and Brenda F. Bailey and husband, Bruce, all of Kennett and Tammie S. Osborn and husband, Terry, of Poplar Bluff, Mo.; one brother, James M. Inmon, of Estill Springs, Tenn.; one sister, Gloria Dean Parker, of West Frankford, Ill.; 45 grandchildren and 56 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m., today, Friday, Dec. 14, at the McDaniel Funeral Home Chapel in Kennett with the Rev. Ed Jansson officiating.

Burial was in the Gregory Cemetery at Kennett.

Pallbearers were Jamie Reeves, Chris, Orlando and Charley Coronado, Sampson Howard and Matthew McClure.