Marvin Coke Reeves

Background

Reeves, Marvin Coke was born on December 29, 1911 in Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States. Son of Marvin Coke and Myrtle (Spaugh) Reeves.

Education

AB, Westminster College, 1933.

Career

Engineer, superintendent, Sewanee Fuel & Iron Company, Coalmont, Tennessee, 1936-1939; owner, operator, Reeves Coal Company, Sanford, North Carolina, 1939-1941; supervisor, Southern Mapping & Engineering Company, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1941-1944; partner, Western Wood Products Company, Houston, 1947-1950; president, Bentex Pharmaceutical Company, Houston, 1950-1971; group vice president, ICN Pharmaceuticals, Pasadena, California, 1971-1973; president, Reeves of Texas, Inc., Houston, 1973-1980; president, treasurer, Colorado Gold & Silver, Inc., Denver, since 1980.

Achievements

• Marvin Coke Reeves has been listed as a noteworthy mining executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Lst lieutenant United States Navy, 1944-1947. Member Direct Mail Association (president Gulf Coast chapter 1966, 67), Elks.

Interests

• Avocations: working, dancing.

Connections

Children: Marvin Coke III, Mary, Sara (Betsy), Virginia. Married Mell Rose Kayser, February 29, 1976.

Father:

Marvin Coke Reeves

Mother:

Myrtle (Spaugh) Reeves

Spouse:

Mell Rose Kayser

child:

Sara Reeves (Betsy)

child:

Virginia Reeves

child:

Mary Reeves

child:

Marvin Coke III Reeves