Vernon
Phil
"Toby"
Reese
Born in Gadsden, Etowah, Alabama, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Rufus Pleazy Reese
and Ola Belle (Rankin) Reese
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 62
in Gadsden, Etowah, Alabama, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Aug 2020
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Biography
Vernon was born in 1909. He was the son of Rufus Reese. He passed away in 1971. He is buried in Crestwood Memorial Cemetery, East Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama.
Country music singer and comedian. Career started with a local hometown band known as the Gadsden Melody Boys in Gadsden, Alabama. Reese was selected by Joe Frank and Ernest Tubb to become one of the first Texas Troubadors. Made debut with Tubb at the Grand Ol Opry in 1943 and performed on WSM Radio in Nashville.
Toby was raised by his machinist father in Gadsden. He worked as a millwright before starting out with Studdard in a musical career in 1937. Toby played guitar, vocal and bass and did comedy. When playing comedy, he always dressed up in the “Toby” rube garb. This outfit included a fire engine red wig, painted-on freckles, oversized pants held together with a six-inch gold colored safety pin, suspenders and hat.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Vernon by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Vernon:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Vernon by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Vernon:
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~1.56%
Kyle Oliver
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch DE8201909 [compare], yourDNAportal KYL4be31050
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~1.56%
Keven Oliver :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch WF1085869 [compare], yourDNAportal KEV996f8d2c
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Categories: Crestwood Memorial Cemetery, Gadsden, Alabama