Wanda Reece

Wanda Thornton Reece passed away December 30, 2016, in Alamo, Tennessee.
Mrs. Reece was born August 15, 1931, in Humboldt, Tennessee, the daughter of William Claude and Gladys Boyd Thornton of Alamo.
She attended elementary and high school in Alamo and then moved to Memphis where she worked as a telephone operator for Bell Telephone Company.
In 1948, she married Charles Baker Reece, son of Sol and Mozell Corbett Reece of the Nance community.
Mrs. Reece was a member of the Nance Church of Christ and was a Sunday school teacher for more than 20 years.
Wanda was also a member of the American Legion Auxiliary and was employed by Kellwood Corporation in Alamo.
Her husband, Charles, died July 17, 2013, in Alamo, Tennessee. In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by her son Jeffrey Glen Reece and a brother, William (Billy) Boyd Thornton.
She is survived by a daughter, Donna Reece Adams and husband Scott of Collierville, Tennessee; four grandchildren, David Adams and wife Amy of Chillicothe, Missouri, Matt Adams and wife Emily of Byhalia, Mississippi, Katie Adams of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Bonnie Adams Crass and husband Joe of Wake Forest, North Carolina; seven great-grandchildren, Jacob and Josh Adams, Ava and Christian Adams, and Tyler, Drew, and Carly Crass; and a sister June Thornton Smith of the Nance Community.
Visitation will be held from 1:00 PM-3:00 PM on Tuesday, January 3, 2017, at the Nance Church of Christ with funeral services following at 3:00 PM.
Pallbearers for the service will be David Adams, Matt Adams, Scott Adams, and Eddie Whitby.
She will be laid to rest beside her husband in the Nance Cemetery.