Richard A. “Rick” Reeves, 58, lifelong Tecumseh resident, died March 5, 2022.
He was born Sept. 3, 1963, to Dale and Loudene (Kepler) Pope in Shawnee, OK. He was later adopted by Robert Reeves, Sr. in 1973.
He graduated with the class of 1981 from Tecumseh High School. After high school he attended Okmulgee Tech, Seminole State College and Murray State College in Tishomingo. In his later years he attended and graduated the Cleet Academy, which started his law enforcement career.
He married Robin June Cloud on May 20, 2000, in Tecumseh, OK.
Rick worked as a diesel mechanic before beginning his law enforcement career. He worked for Tecumseh Police Dept., Valley Brook, Carnegie, Apache, Pottawatomie Co. Sheriff’s Dept, Citizen Potawatomi Tribe, Sac & Fox Juvenile Facility and COJC. He was the Sorna Officer for the Absentee Shawnee Tribe retiring in 2015. Rick spent more than 20 years in law enforcement as a police officer.
He also worked in the pipeline industry for several years, but his main passion was coaching. Rick started coaching kids T-ball and after his retirement began coaching at Tecumseh Public Schools. He was an avid OU, Dallas Cowboys and NY Yankees fan.
He was preceded in death by his fathers, Dale Pope and Robert Reeves, Sr.
Survivors include his wife, Robin Reeves; one daughter, Amber and Jerome Tiger of Tecumseh, OK; four sons, Ty and Angel Reeves of Tecumseh, OK, Dominic and Heidi Cloud of Shawnee, Cody and Diane Reeves of Edmond, OK, and Stevie Creek of Shawnee, OK; fifteen grandchildren; his mother, Loudene Reeves of Tecumseh, OK; brother, Robert and Shannon Reeves of Tecumseh, OK; and other extended family and friends.
