Bernice Kaye Reeves

Bernice Kaye “Ward” Reeves passed away July 1, 2023, with her family by her side. Her wings already existed, and all she had to do was spread them and fly as she joined her son, Glenn as one of our guardian angels. Bernice was born on November 15, 1947, to Roy Oscar Ward and Ramona Meyer Ward in Fort Collins, Colorado. Bernice has four siblings, a sister Allie and brothers John, Howard and Gene. Her family moved in 1950 to Lake Lugert before making their home in Mangum, Oklahoma where she grew up helping her parents with the Green Thumb Greenhouse and Nursery. She attended her elementary years at City View School located a few miles from Quartz Mountain and continued at Mangum Schools until her graduation in 1965. During noon hour her sophomore year, one young man was sitting in his truck in front of the Old Edison School with two of his friends when Bernice walked by and stole his heart. On April 24, 1965, Bernice married the love of her life, Roger Reeves. Bernice and Roger moved to the Oklahoma City area and built their dream home near the shores of Lake Thunderbird. They started their family with the birth of their three children- Glenn, Jim and LaDonna. She was more than happy to be the central figure in the lives of her children. Everyone who encountered them knew that she was a star in their eyes, and that’s all that ever mattered. The family moved back to Mangum in 1976. Bernice, along with her husband graduated from Word of Faith Leadership and Bible Training Institute, Dallas, Texas in 1985. She was the perpetual wind beneath Roger’s wings as they were blessed and consecrated to do the Lord’s work and embraced their anointing to serve in ministry. She was part of a group in 1980 establishing a new church in Mangum where she and her husband pastored for 10 years until 1990. She continued throughout her life to share one of her most talented gifts as a pianist. There was not a keyboard she could not master nor a specific young song leader such as Donnie, for that matter. She also worked at the Mangum Medical Clinic for Dr. Martin and Dr. Caley and made lifelong friends with those she worked with. Bernice never compromised what she believed in. She loved her family, extended family, and friends; her loyalty and devotion ran deep. She used her sense of humor and quick wit at just the right moments and kept us laughing up until her last moments on earth with us. Above all else, Bernice loved being a Wife, a Mom and a Mimi. When one of us were having a hard time during her brief illness, she would point that famous finger at us and say, “You do not have the Big Picture!” We will continue to be influenced by her, to be generous, loving and kind. Preceding her in death are her parents, Roy and Ramona Ward and son, Glenn Reeves. Bernice is survived by her husband of the home, Roger Reeves of Mangum, her siblings, John Ward of Ponca City, Allie Duncan of Oklahoma City, Howard Ward of Phoenix, AZ, and Gene Ward of Oklahoma City, her daughter-in-law, Cheryl Reeves of Mangum, her son Jim Reeves and wife Junita of Willow, her daughter, LaDonna Douglass and husband Robert of Oklahoma City, and the stars in her eyes, her grandson, Grant Reeves, her granddaughters Renee Kendall and husband Corry, Danielle Coffman and husband Donnie, Rachel Reeves, her great-grandchildren, Colton, Grayson, Lucy and Emma. Memorials in Bernice’s name can be made to Mangum Public Schools for Glenn Reeves Scholarship Fund.

Bernice Kaye Reeves

November 15, 1947 - July 1, 2023

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November 15, 1947 - July 1, 2023

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