Services for Robert R. Reynolds, Dickens, were held Monday, March 3, 1986, at the First Baptist Church of Dickens with the Rev. C.L. Atkinson officiating.
Burial was in the Dickens Cemetery under the direction of Campbell Funeral Home, Spur, with a Masonic burial service.
He died at 7:20 p.m. Saturday, March 1, at the Crosbyton Hospital after an extended illness.
Mr. Reynolds was born June 10, 1894 in Eowah, Tennessee, the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Reynolds. Because of ill health, he came to Dickens County in 1910 at the age of 16 with his sister, Anna, and attended school in Dickens. After school, he returned to Etowah, Tennessee to work for the L&N Railroad. In 1913 he returned to Dickens County to help operate a farm for his sister, Mary Dunn, who had lost her husband.
He was a World War I veteran and after the war he attended Tyler Business College. He returned to Dickens and worked in the county and district clerks office during the terms of Crawford C. Cobb and Martin Gay. In 1926 he ran for and was elected county and district clerk and served for three terms, 1927-32.
In March of 1924 he married Mamye Jack Bradley, a school teacher.
He was a member of the Dickens Baptist Church and a generous benefactor, not only to his church, but the Buckner's Orphan Home, the Masonic Home and School for Children, and was a member of the Million Dollar Club for Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children.
©The Texas Spur, March 1986
DICKENS (Special) — Services for Robert R. Reynolds, 91, of Dickens will be at 2:30 p.m. today at the First Baptist Church of Dickens with the Rev. C. L. Atkinson officiating.Burial will be in Dickens Cemetery under the direction of Campbell Funeral Home of Spur.
He died at 7:20 p.m. Saturday at the Crosbyton Hospital after an illness.
He was born in Tennessee. He lived most of his life in Dickens County. He was a farmer and a rancher. He was the Dickens County district and county clerk from 1927 to 1932. He was the past president of the Dickens and Motley County Old Settlers Reunion. He was a 50-year member of the Masonic Lodge and the Eastern Star. He was a member of the Maskat of Wichita Falls and Lubbock Scottish Rite Temple. He was a veteran of World War I and a member of the Baptist Church.
Survivors include four nieces, Jo Dunn Perrin of Las Cruces, NM, Mary Reams of Silver City, NM, Ruth Rader of New Market, TN., and Grace Reynolds of Ettawah, TN.
©Lubbock Avalanche Journal, 1986
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