David "Popcorn" Reese

Mr. David (Popcorn) Reese was born on June 24, 1950, in Hopkins, SC. He was the third child of the late Willie I. Reese and Johnnie Mae Ward Reese. He departed this life on Sunday, August 15, 2021. David was educated in the public schools of Richland County, SC and graduated from Hopkins High School, Class of 1968. He retired after 33 years of dedicated service as a Supervisor for the South Carolina State Board of Technical and Comprehensive Education. After his retirement, David remained active for many years serving as a State Constable. David was baptized at an early age and joined Beulah Baptist Church in Hopkins, SC. He had an enjoyment for playing softball for the Double O’s of Columbia, SC, drag racing, grilling and hunting. He was preceded in death by his parents, Willie I. and Johnnie Mae Reese, and father-in-law, James Eugene Daniels. David leaves to cherish his memories, his devoted and loving wife, Ollie Daniels Reese; a son, David Lopez Reese; a daughter, Andrea Natasha Reese; brothers, Wille Earl (Dorothy) Reese, Alvin Wayne Reese; sisters, Shirley (Dave) Adams and Vinia B. Alston; grandchildren, Vincent Jordan Gay and Mallory Lavon Reese; mother-in-law, Lula G. Daniels; uncles, James (Ruth) Ward and Clifton (Mahasin) Bowen; aunts, Lottie Reese, Susie Mae Harris, and Mattie Ferdinand; a special aunt, Millie G. Goodwin; sister in-laws, Rachel D. Lowman, Sandra D. Sumpter, Leila D. Davis, Mary D. Kirkland, Joyce D. Sims, Eloise A. Daniels; brother in-law, James E. Daniels Jr.; and a host of nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, and many other loving relatives and caring friends, all of whom will miss him dearly. A funeral service will be held on Friday, August 20, 2021 at 1:00pm at Thompson Funeral Home at Greenlawn Memorial Park, 845 Leesburg Road, Columbia, SC. The family requests that everyone in attendance wear a mask at all times during the service. Acknowledgments: The family deeply appreciates your kind expressions of sympathy in our time of great sorrow, with a special thanks to JBC Cares Inc., Prisma Health Homecare and Hospice, and neighbors, Rushalean Hardin, Stanley Brawley and Joseph Brawley. Your unwavering support and care have been a comforting blessing to us. God's Garden God looked around his garden And found an empty place. He then looked down upon the earth, And saw your tired face. He put His arms around you And lifted you to rest. God’s garden must be beautiful, He always takes the best. He knew that you were suffering, He knew that you were in pain. He knew that you would never Get well on earth again. He saw the road was getting rough And the hills were hard to climb. So He closed your weary eyelids And whispered “Peace be thine.” It broke our hearts to lose you But you did not go alone… For part of us went with you The day God called you home. Author: D. W. MCCONWAY