Jose Rios Reyes, 72 of Scottsboro, passed away on Thursday, January 21, 2021 at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Funeral services were held Sunday, January 24, 2021 at Trinity Baptist Church. Burial followed at Pinehaven Memorial Gardens.
Jose was Private First Class in the United States Army from 1969-1971, stationed in San Antonio, Texas and Ozark, Ala. He served in Germany for a year and received a National Defense Service Medal and was an M-14 Marksman. He spent 41 years as a pipe fitter and welder, the last 35 of those years with TVA at Bellefonte and Widows Creek Plants.
Mr. Reyes is survived by his wife of 51 years, Glenda Reyes; brothers, Martin, Mario and Enrique Reyes; sisters, Lydia Medina, Victoria Reyes and Tina Reyes; two sons, Jose (Leslie) Reyes, Jr. and Carlos Adam (Shana) Reyes; and five grandchildren, Christian Reyes, Jose Rios Reyes, III, Gannon Reyes, Rylee Reyes and Kayden Reyes.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Mario Rios Reyes and Amelia Reyes of Santa Rosa, Texas.