Martha Murel Forrest Reeme, 72 of Kingsland died Thursday February 4, 2010 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. Born April 30, 1937 at Monticello, she was a daughter of the late Frank Forrest and Pearl Dodson Forrest. She was a homemaker and a member of Southside Baptist Church.
She is preceded in death by the father of her children, Houston C. Reeme, Sr.; a son, James Franklin Reeme; a sister, Annie Forrest; three brothers, James Forrest, Rufus Forrest, Frank Forrest.
She is survived by five sons, Houston C. Reeme, Jr. and his wife, Becky of Glen Allen, VA, Rufus Bartley Reeme of El Dorado, Richard Dale Reeme and his wife, Patsy of Glen Allen, VA, Kevin Edward Reeme and his wife, Connie of Junction City, LA, Phillip Earl Reeme of Kingsland; two daughters, Kathryn Marie O'Banion and her husband, Charles of Kingsland, Lawanda Kaye Thompson and her husband, Gary Don of El Dorado; two brothers, Earnest Forrest and Earl Forrest, both of Monticello; two sisters, Susie Cattles of Wyoming and Lucille Protack of Delaware; nineteen grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends Monday from 3 to 8 p.m. at Benton Funeral Home in Fordyce. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday at the Benton Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Promise Land Cemetery in Hamburg. Arrangements by Benton Funeral Home in Fordyce. To sign the online register visit
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