Harold Peter Henry Reese (1918 - 1999)

Born 23 Jul 1918 in Ekron, Meade, Kentucky, United States

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Died 14 Aug 1999 at age 81 in Louisville, Kentucky

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Biography

Harold Reese is Notable.

Harold Peter Henry "Pee Wee" Reese (July 23, 1918 – August 14, 1999) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers from 1940 to 1958. A ten-time All Star, Reese contributed to seven National League championships for the Dodgers and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984. Reese is also famous for his support of his teammate Jackie Robinson, the first modern African American player in the major leagues, especially in Robinson's difficult first years.

Reese was married to Dorothy "Dottie" Walton on March 29, 1942. They had two children. Dottie died on March 7, 2012.

Reese died of cancer and is buried at the Resthaven Memorial Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA. Plot: Section 11, Lot 1152

Sources

• Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pee_Wee_Reese

• "Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHR-KLRM : 11 February 2018), Harold Rees, 23 Jul 1918; citing Birth, Meade, Kentucky, United States, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMXD-P7B : accessed 3 July 2019), Harold Reese in household of Carl Reese, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 108, sheet 13A, line 32, family 251, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 756; FHL microfilm 2,340,491.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J161-ZZ8 : 20 May 2014), Harold H Reese, 14 Aug 1999; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ1-13ZW : 13 December 2015), Harold Henry Reese, 1999; Burial, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States of America, Resthaven Memorial Cemetery; citing record ID 6152, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6152

• “United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK4Q-TS8T : 16 September 2015), Harold Henry Or Pee Wee Reese, Columbia, South Carolina, United States, 15 Aug 1999; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing State, The, born-digital text.