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2800 GEORGIA AND GEORGIANSbeing specially fond of hunting and fishing, and enjoying the recreation thathis automobile affords aside from its practical value in connection with hisprofessional work. The doctor is a communicant of the Protestant EpiscopalChurch, and his wife holds membership in the Presbyterian Church, as doesshe also in the United Daughters of the Confederacy, both being popular andvalued factors in the representative social activities of their home city.On the 25th of September, 1907, was solemnized the marriage of DoctorMorton to Miss Mary L. Womack, who likewise was born at Keysville, Virginia, but who was reared in the fair old City of Richmond, that state, whereher father, Frank Womack, is a representative business man,HENRY REEVES. The profession of the law is a good test of a man'snative ability and industry, for there is no other that requires stronger mentality or more settled habits of hard work and perseverance in order to attaineven a reasonable success. One of its leading representatives in Troup Countyis the subject of this memoir, Henry Reeves, who is now serving as solicitorof the city courts of La Grange. Mr. Reeves was born in Meriwether County,Georgia, July 26, 1872, the son of Madison and Mary (Render) Reeves, bothhis parents being natives of that county. The father was a farmer by occupation and during the war a Confederate soldier. He owned a large plantation and conducted his farming operations on an extensive scale, being a wellknown and highly respected citizen. His death took place in 1904 when hehad attained' the age of sixty-nine years. He had then been a widower for anumber of years, his wife having passed away at the age- of forty-nine,December 20, 1886. She was the daughter of Robert L. and Elizabeth(Anderson) Render, natives of Wilkes County, Georgia, who settled in Meriwether County in the early forties, being among the early settlers in thatcounty. Mr. Render was an extensive planter. To Madison and Mary(Render) Reeves six children were born, one of whom, Robert, died at theage of two- years. The others were: Wiley A., now engaged in the cottonwarehouse business in La Grange; Walter T., a wholesale grocer and banker,of Tupelo, Mississippi; Madison, a prominent farmer and merchant of Tupelo,Mississippi; Henry, the subject of this sketch; and Elizabeth R., wife ofJ. F. Pope, of Wilsonville, Alabama.Henry Reeves acquired his literary education in the country schools ofMeriwether County and at Mercer University, being graduated in law in1901. He then began the practice of his profession in La Grange and in acomparatively short time had built up a good clientele. In 1903 he wasappointed by Governor Joseph M. Terrell solicitor of the city courts 6fLa Grange and in the following year was elected to the same office, in whichhe has continued to serve up to the present time through successive re-elections. In May, 1916, he was elected mayor of La Grange, which office he nowholds. He has a good general practice outside of the city courts and is oneof the leading attorneys on the Coweta Circuit. In religion Mr. Reeves is aBaptist and is serving as superintendent of the Baptist Sunday School. Hissociety affiliations are with the Masons, Knights of Pythias, Red Men and OddFellows. He is a member of the executive committee of the State SundaySchool Association. As a citizen he is public spirited and is always ready tocorrespond with outside parties seeking information in regard to local conditions. A man of gentlemanly instincts, educated and refined, he has a widecircle of friends who hold him in high esteem.Mr. Reeves was married June 12, 1906, to Miss Susie Thomas, of ChambersCounty, Alabama, a daughter of E. Walton and Samantha (Stanley) Thomas,residents of Prattwlle, that state. He and his wife are the parents of threechildren: Elizabeth, born March 25, 1907, in La Grange; Henry R., Jr.,born May 16, 1910, and Walton, born March 25, 1913. Mrs. Reeves is anactive member of the Methodist Church.