Lina Marie Reese

Highlands, NC - Lina Marie Reese, age 77, of Foreman Rd., Highlands, NC passed away Tuesday, October 5, 2010 at her residence. A native of Macon County she was the daughter of the late Ebbie and Hettie Wilson Talley. She was married to the late Harold Reese who passed away in 1997. She was a member of Seventh Day Adventist Church; she loved to cook and had a career in the restaurant business, working at The Highlander Restaurant and as owner and operator of Tate’s Restaurant.

She is survived by two sons, Richard Henry of Highlands, NC and George Kent Henry and wife Ellen of Virgilina, VA; one sister, Elizabeth Wooden of Hudson, IA; two grandchildren, Mary Jo Stevens and Lina Matthews and five great-grandchildren. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by one sister, Elise Holt; one brother, Richard Talley and one grandchild, Jackson Henry.

Funeral Services will be held Friday, October 8, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. in the Chapel of Bryant-Grant Funeral Home in Highlands with Rev. Alton Dendy officiating. Burial will be in Highlands Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be Richard Henry, Woodrow Wilson, David Charles Douglas, Ellis Cleveland, Mike Bryson, Gene Talley, John Shearl and Tony Potts. The family will receive friends Thursday, October 7, 2010 from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Bryant-Grant Funeral Home in Highlands. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to Four Seasons Hospice, 571 South Allen Rd., Flat Rock, NC 28731.

Bryant-Grant Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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