Obituary of Ronald L. Reese

Ronald Lewis �Doc� Reese, age 66, of Boone passed away Friday, October 28, 2016. Born in Watauga County May 21, 1950, he was a son of the late Dr. Gene and Frances Allred Reese. Ronnie was a very humble and intelligent person. In his junior year of high school he attended Governor�s School after being selected by a state wide committee. Ron was also on the wrestling team at Watauga High School. �Doc� was a graduate of the Dentistry Program at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Ron loved Tar Heel and Chicago Bulls basketball, golf, old movies and especially old music. He was a great friend to anyone who knew him. He was also a wonderful brother. His legacy will live on through his siblings and relatives. He is survived by five brothers, William Reese, Johnny Reese, Travis Phillips, Evin Phillips, and Boyd Phillips and wife Selina, two sisters, Rebekah Adams and husband Virgil, and Patricia Yale and husband Rick, one niece, Carli Adams and husband Brian Hoofnagle, one great niece, Drew Hoofnagle, four nephews, Daniel Adams, Devan, Evin and Ozzy Phillips, two uncles, Freddie Reese and William Allred and two aunts, Betty Pardue and Helen Benson. Memorial services for Ronald Lewis �Doc� Reese will be conducted Friday afternoon, November 4, 2016 at 5 o�clock at the First Baptist Church. Officiating will be Rev. Roy Dobyns. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 3:30 until 5 o�clock at the First Baptist Church. In lieu of flowers Dr. Ron Reese�s family requests memorials may be made in his memory to Watauga County Historical Society, PO Box 3453, Boone, NC 28607 or to the UNC Chapel Hill Dentistry Alumni Association, PO Box 7450, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7450. Online condolences may be shared with the Reese family at www.austinandbarnesfuneralhome.com Austin & Barnes Funeral Home & Crematory is serving the Reese family.