Co-founder of the Fayetteville Little Theatre (now Cape Fear Regional
Theatre) and community theaters in other cities.
He served as chairman of the Myrover-Reese Fellowship Home for more
than 35 years and helped develop the Army's anti-drug program in the
1970s.
Senior staff writer for the Fayetteville Observer.
In 1983, Reese was shot in the mouth by William K. "Billy" Graham, who
was then the director of the Cumberland County mental health center;
Graham then killed himself.