| Hughes, Arkansas School Faculty Memorial |
| Wilma (Barkley) Reeves June 13, 1928 – March 4, 2010 Home Economics Tenure: 1950-52 |
| Miss Barkley was born in Union County, Mississippi to Wiliam Clarence Barkley Sr. and Maude (McCurry) Barkley. She received the Batchelor of Science in Education Degree with a major in Home Economics from Mississippi State College for Women. While teaching at HHS, Miss Barkley met and married Hughes native Malcom Reeves (Class of 1946), and they moved to Mississippi, where she worked as a dietician for the New Albany City School System. She was a member of the New Albany Presbyterian Church, and she enjoyed singing in the church choir, cooking and spending time with her family. Mrs. Reeves died at the Crestwood Medical Center in Huntsville, Alabama, burial in the Vista Memorial Park Cemetery, New Albany, Union County, Mississippi. |
