Steven R. Reese

Steven R. Reese, 26, of Grayston Road, Carlsbad, NM, passed away Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at Carlsbad, NM. Visitation will be 2:00 PM - 7:00 PM, Sunday, March 24, 2013 at Denton-Wood Funeral Home. Funeral services are scheduled for Monday, March 25, 2013, 2:00 PM, at Happy Valley Baptist Church with Pastor Jimmy Tarvin officiating. Interment will follow in Carlsbad Cemetery, Carlsbad, New Mexico. Denton-Wood Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Steven R. Reese was born May 21, 1986 in Lake Havasu, AZ to Donnie R. and Lynette (Dorris) Reese. He moved to Carlsbad with his family as a young boy. Steven enjoyed riding dirt bikes and rodeoing. He married Crystal Whiteley on July 16, 2010 here in Carlsbad. Steven loved his job as a rough neck in the oil field. He will be dearly missed by his family and friends. He was preceded in death by his mother, Lynette Pulis and brother, Michael Reese. Survivors are his wife, Crystal Whiteley of Carlsbad, NM; son, Dillon Reese; two daughters: Sydney Whiteley, Chloe Whiteley; father, Donnie Reese of Carlsbad, NM; brother, Charles Sumner; sister, Barbara Reese of Carlsbad, NM; grandmother, Mollie Reese of Carlsbad, NM; and numerous nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins. Pallbearers are Howard Britton, Levi Bean, B. J. Manlove, Stevie Ruiz, Francis Cobb and Clayton Cook. Honorary pallbearers will be Paul Britton and Connor Oden. Condolences may be expressed at dentonwood.com.