Born: February 3, 1933 Kerens, Navarro County, Texas

Died: June 29, 2014 Waco, McLennan County, Texas

Parents:
Charles Erin Reese (1905 – 1961)
Anna Lucille Anderson Reese (1907 – 1998)

Rev. Charles A. Reese, 81, of Kerens, formerly of Waco, passed away Sunday, June 29, 2014, in a Waco hospital. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m., Thursday, July 3, at Lake Shore Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in China Spring Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, July 2, at Lake Shore Funeral Home.

Charles Anderson (Chuck or Dink, as his family and close friends called him) was born in Kerens, Texas, to the late  Charles Erin and Anna Lucille Anderson Reese. He graduated from Kerens High School. Chuck attended Baylor University his freshman year. He completed his undergraduate degree at Trinity University in San Antonio (where he also pitched for the Trinity Tigers) and later earned a Masters of Social Work (MSW) from the University of Texas.

Called to the ministry, Chuck attended the seminary at Princeton University and earned a Masters of Divinity. He spent much of his career as Assistant Chief Probation Officer at McLennan County Juvenile Probation in Waco. He finished his social services career in San Antonio, Texas. While in San Antonio, Chuck sang with the San Antonio Barber Shop Chorus and in a close-knit barber shop quartet with whom he created perfect harmony, and cultivated lasting friendships. It was in San Antonio that Chuck met Hope Dominguez whom he later married.

Returning home to Kerens to care for his mother upon his retiremet, Chuck served as associate Pastor of his boyhood church, Kerens Presbyterian. As a man of God, Reverend Reese’s ability to inspire and comfort through a quickly crafted prayer was legend. Chuck prayed as if he had a direct connection to the Lord and his prayers always made you feel he could directly connect you too. Chuck aspired to be a fisher of men. He always had his net cast wide, but never pushed or judged.

Survivors include his wife, Hope; sons: Charles M. Reese, John Reese and partner, Yvonne Harder, and Jim Reese and wife, Julie; and numerous nieces, nephews, great-nieces and nephews, and great-great-nieces and nephews.