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'''Harold Philmon Reeves''' (January 28, 1923—February 3, 2009)<ref name=ssdi>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi?lastname=Reeves&firstname=Harold&start=81|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=Rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=May 9, 2009}}</ref> was an American clergyman in [[Texas]] who served as the first missionary to [[Thailand]] from the [[Southern Baptist Convention]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/020509/obi_384786815.shtml |title=Obituary of Harold Philmon Reeves|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|accessdate=May 10, 2009}}</ref> Reeves and his wife, the former Rose Lengefeld, established two congregations and an English-language ministry now known as the Baptist Student Center in [[Bangkok]]. The work in Thailand led to his designation as the Asian representative for the Southern Baptist Convention Radio and Television Mission, headquartered in [[Fort Worth]], Texas,<ref name=obit/>
'''Harold Philmon Reeves''' (January 28, 1923—February 3, 2009)<ref name=ssdi>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi?lastname=Reeves&firstname=Harold&start=81|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=Rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=May 9, 2009}}</ref> was a [[Texas]] clergyman who served as the first missionary to [[Thailand]] from the [[Southern Baptist Convention]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/020509/obi_384786815.shtml |title=Obituary of Harold Philmon Reeves|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|accessdate=May 10, 2009}}</ref> Reeves and his wife, the former Rose Lengefeld, established two congregations and an English-language ministry now known as the Baptist Student Center in [[Bangkok]]. The work in Thailand led to his designation as the Asian representative for the Southern Baptist Convention Radio and Television Mission, headquartered in [[Fort Worth]], Texas,<ref name=obit/>
Reeves was born in [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], to Jesse Reeves (1897-1971)<ref name=ssdi/> and the former Mary Ruth Fory. He graduated from high school in Shreveport and attended [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]] before he joined the United States Army Air Corps, forerunner of the [[United States Air Force]], as a navigator on B-26 Marauder bombers during [[World War II]]. He was credited with thirty missions in the European theater.<ref name=obit/>
==Biography==
Reeves was born in [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], to Jesse Reeves (1897-1971)<ref name=ssdi/> and the former Mary Ruth Fory. He graduated from high school in Shreveport and attended [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]] before he joined the United States Army Air Corps, forerunner of the [[United States Air Force]], as a navigator on B-26 Marauder bombers during [[World War II]]. He was credited with thirty missions in the European Theater of Operations.<ref name=obit/>
After military service, Reeves graduated in 1948 from Baptist-affiliated [[Baylor University]] in Waco, Texas. In 1951, he earned a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth prior to departing to Thailand.<ref name=obit/>
After military service, Reeves graduated in 1948 from Baptist-affiliated [[Baylor University]] in Waco, Texas. In 1951, he earned a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth prior to departing to Thailand.<ref name=obit/>