Obituary of Andy Reese

Mr. Andy (Glenn Ashby) Reese, age 75, of Dutch Treat Road, Banner Elk, died Tuesday night, December 8, 2009, at Carolina Medical Center. Andy was born in Watauga County on January 7, 1934. He graduated from Appalachian Teachers College and attended Duke University for graduate studies. Andy was a retired educator who taught at Bethel Elementary School, Cove Creek School, Watauga High School, and Appalachian State University. Andy was a baseball coach at Watauga High School, and Principal at Blowing Rock Elementary School. After working for Watauga County Schools, Andy joined the North Carolina Association of Educators as a Uniserv Director covering every aspect of education from the work of teachers to principals to community college employees. Andy the served for ten years both as a member and chairperson of the Watauga County Board of Education and played a significant role in the getting the new Watauga High School for the system. He was a renaissance man who enjoyed a wide range of interests from drag racing in Wilkesboro, to being a nationally recognized sheep sheerer, and to being politically active. He also served his country in the US Army during the Korean conflict. Andy�s survivors include his wife of twenty-five years, Brenda Reese; four children�Butch Reese and wife Debbie of Vilas; Debbie Reese and fianc�e Ronnie Carter of Vilas; Tina Jameson-Brown and her husband, Charles of Valle Crucis; and Scott Jameson and his wife, Jennifer of Elk Park. He has five grandchildren�Joshua Reese of Boone; James Ward and fianc�e Liz Ammerman of Boone; Macie Brown of Valle Crucis; Thomas Brown of Hampton, Tennessee; and Hunter and Dakota Jameosn of Elk Park as well as three great grandchildren�Jessica, Jordan, and Richard of Boone. Andy�s surviving brothers and sisters are: Norman Reese of Conover; Kathleen Reese of Vilas; Richard Reese and wife Lou of Boiling Springs; Gladys Shoun of Sylvania, Ohio; Betty Shoun of Vilas; Clint Reese and wife Maude of Fuquay-Varina; and Dorcas Hodges of Vilas. He has two sisters-in-law�Jody Dugger of Burnsville and Barbara Reese of Ringgold, Georgia. He was preceded in death by his parents�Asa L. and Kate Swift Reese and two brothers�Asa L. Reese and Lance Reese. A Celebration of Life for Mr. Andy Reese will be conducted Monday evening at 7:00 pm at Austin & Barnes Funeral Home Chapel with the family receiving friends Monday evening prior to the service from 5:00-7:00 pm. Memorials may be made to the Watauga Education Foundation for the Kate Swift Reese Scholarship Fund, Post Office Box 2658, Boone, NC 28607. Online condolences may be sent to the Reese family at austinandbarnesfuneralhome.com Austin & Barnes Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the Reese family.