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Line 45: − + − Reese moved in 1996 to Poplarville in Pearl River County in southwestern [[Mississippi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=George+Wilson&gsln=Reese%2c+Jr.&mswpn__ftp=Poplarville%2c+MS&msbdy=1923&uidh=upc&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=4294437&db=USpublicrecords3&indiv=1&ml_rpos=1|title=George W. Reese Jr.|publisher=search.ancestry.com|accessdate=January 7, 2015}}</ref> He died in New Orleans early in 1998 at the age of seventy-four.<ref name=reeseancestry/> His surviving widow, Mary Ann Z. Reese (born November 1939), is a Republican voter iMetairie in Jefferson Parish in [[suburb]]an New Orleans.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://voterportal.sos.la.gov/home.aspx?galogin=voter |title=Mary Reese, November 1939 |publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State |accessdate=January 7, 2015 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> A 1957 graduate of Academy of Holy Angels in New Orleans, she formerly resided in Prentiss and Poplarville, Mississippi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&qf=Mary&qmi=Z&qn=Reese&qcs=New+Orleans%2C+LA&focusfirst=0|title=Mary Z. Reese|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=January 7, 2015}}</ref> Line 54:
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|name=George Wilson Reese, Jr.<br>
|name=George Wilson Reese, Jr.<br>
(Louisiana attorney and Republican political activist)
(Louisiana attorney and Republican political activist)
|birth_place=[[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], USA
|birth_place=[[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], USA
|birth_date=August 10, 1923
|birth_date=August 10, 1923
He ran in the 1st congressional district for the [[United States House of Representatives]] against [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Felix Edward Hébert in 1952 and 1954 and for the [[United States Senate]] in 1960 against incumbent [[Allen J. Ellender]]. He was prior to 1960 the state's [[Republican National Committee|Republican national committeeman]].
He ran in the 1st congressional district for the [[United States House of Representatives]] against [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Felix Edward Hébert in 1952 and 1954 and for the [[United States Senate]] in 1960 against incumbent [[Allen J. Ellender]]. He was prior to 1960 the state's [[Republican National Committee|Republican national committeeman]].
==Background==
==Background==
Reese was the only son of George Reese, Sr. (1886–1952), a native [[California]]n who worked for the ''New Orleans Times-Picayune'' [[newspaper]], and the former Marcelle Josephine Jacquet (1891-1973), who died in Donaldsonville in Ascension Parish.<ref name=genealogy>{{cite web|url=http://louisiana-genealogy.com/Orleans-Parish/R/Reese.htm|title=Reese - Orleans Parish, 1940 Census|publisher=Louisiana.genealogy.com|accessdate=January 6, 2015}}</ref> He had two sisters, Marcelle Reese LeBlanc Couhig (1916-1985) and Rosemary Reese (1922-2000), who like her mother died in Donaldsonville.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://genforum.genealogy.com/reese/messages/460.html|title=Reeses of the Felicianas in Louisiana|publisher=genforum.genealogy.com|accessdate=January 6, 2015}}</ref>
Reese was the only son of George Reese, Sr. (1886–1952), a native [[California]]n who worked for the ''New Orleans Times-Picayune'' [[newspaper]], and the former Marcelle Josephine Jacquet (1891-1973), who died in Donaldsonville in Ascension Parish.<ref name=genealogy>{{cite web|url=http://louisiana-genealogy.com/Orleans-Parish/R/Reese.htm|title=Reese - Orleans Parish, 1940 Census|publisher=Louisiana.genealogy.com|accessdate=January 6, 2015}}</ref> He had two sisters, Marcelle Reese LeBlanc Couhig (1916-1985) and Rosemary Reese (1922-2000), who like her mother died in Donaldsonville.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://genforum.genealogy.com/reese/messages/460.html|title=Reeses of the Felicianas in Louisiana|publisher=genforum.genealogy.com|accessdate=January 6, 2015}}</ref>
==Later years==
==Later years==
Reese moved in 1996 to Poplarville in Pearl River County in southwestern [[Mississippi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=George+Wilson&gsln=Reese%2c+Jr.&mswpn__ftp=Poplarville%2c+MS&msbdy=1923&uidh=upc&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=4294437&db=USpublicrecords3&indiv=1&ml_rpos=1|title=George W. Reese Jr.|publisher=search.ancestry.com|accessdate=January 7, 2015}}</ref> He died in New Orleans early in 1998 at the age of seventy-four.<ref name=reeseancestry/> His surviving widow, Mary Ann Z. Reese (born November 1939), is a Republican voter iMetairie in Jefferson Parish in [[suburb]]an New Orleans.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://voterportal.sos.la.gov/home.aspx?galogin=voter |title=Mary Reese, November 1939 |publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State |accessdate=January 7, 2015 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> A 1957 graduate of Academy of Holy Angels in New Orleans, she formerly resided in Prentiss and Poplarville, Mississippi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&qf=Mary&qmi=Z&qn=Reese&qcs=New+Orleans%2C+LA&focusfirst=0|title=Mary Z. Reese|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=January 7, 2015}}</ref>
==References==
==References==
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