Don Reece

KINGS MOUNTAIN: Davis “Don” Reece, 80, passed to his heavenly home on December 22, 2022. Don was born in a log cabin in Yadkin County on July 3, 1942. He was the son of the late Rush Henry Reece and Bessie Carlton Reece. He retired from NC Department of Transportation as District Engineer after working 40 years. He served during the Vietnam Conflict as an Army Combat Military Police, 8th Military Police Brigade. He was in Vietnam during the “Tet Offensive.” He graduated from Gaston Technical School in 1963 with a Civil Engineering degree and completed Highway Engineering and Civil engineering, part I &II from International School of Correspondence, while working for DOT in Shelby. After Vietnam, Don graduated from Cleveland Community College and then completed a degree in Business Management from Limestone College while working for DOT. Don was District Engineer for the counties of Gaston, Lincoln and Cleveland at his retirement. He was a member of First Baptist Church, Kings Mountain, where he enjoyed helping to usher. Fishing was a favorite high light of his. He is survived by his wife of 69 years, Bonnie Evans Reece; daughter, Deborah Reece Wilson and husband Mark; granddaughter, Rachel Wilson; grandson, Daniel Payne; brother, Ned Reece and wife Annie Sue; sister, Sara Reece Vestal and deceased husband Charles; sisters-in-law, Novella Reece and deceased husband Ted and Shirley Evans and deceased husband Carl; and many nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held 12:00PM, Friday, December 30, 2022 at First Baptist Church, with Rev. Dr. Chip Sloan officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service, in the Stain Glass Room of the church. Burial will follow in Mountain Rest Cemetery, with military honors.

FUNERAL HOME: Arrangements are entrusted to Clay-Barnette Funeral & Aquamation in Kings Mountain.