November 4, 2024, 74, Calypso —

Omelia Lewis Reaves, known to all as Meg Lewis Reaves, left her earthly body to receive life eternal Monday evening, November 4, 2024, while being cared for at Novant New Hanover Medical Center in Wilmington.  Meg was 74.

A lifelong resident of Calypso, Meg was a member of Calypso Presbyterian Church where she had served as church pianist since the age of 12.  Her long tenure of church membership gave her the opportunity to serve in many capacities which include being a church elder, director of the adult choir, assisting with the junior choir and with the youth group in which she served as counselor, and on various committees.  She had been an active member of the Ladies Auxiliary at Calypso Fire Department and was an avid supporter of North Duplin Rebel athletics.  She had been employed as accounts payable clerk with Sonoco, which became Hylex-Poly, and had been employed as a teaching assistant at North Duplin Schools, and had assisted in the corporate office of Southern Bank and Trust Company.

Meg was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Lloyd Thomas “Tom” Reaves; her parents, Ed and Sallie Farmer Lewis; and brothers, Edward R. Lewis, Jr., and the Rev. Richard Farmer “Dick” Lewis.

She is survived by her sons and their wives, the Rev. Dr. Tim Reaves and Tina Reaves, and Lewis Reaves and Heather Reaves, all of Wilmington; three grandchildren, Alena Reaves Gurgainous and husband, Mason, Trinity Reaves, and Tristan Reaves,all of Wilmington; a great-grandson, Waylon Gurgainous of Wilmington; and several sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, nieces, and nephews from both the Lewis and Reaves families.

Visitation will be at Tyndall Funeral Home on Thursday, November 7, from 6 until 8 p.m.  Also on Thursday, the family will receive at the Reaves residence in Calypso from 2 until 4 p.m.  Funeral services will be held Friday, November 8, at 2 p.m. at the Calypso Presbyterian Church.  Officiating will be the Rev. Nick Nielsen, with words of remembrance to be spoken by her son, Tim.  Burial will follow in the Calypso Cemetery.  For those wishing to remember Mrs. Reaves with a memorial gift, the family suggests Calypso Presbyterian Church, PO Box 321, Calypso, NC 28325.

Our lives have all been enriched by the presence of Meg Reaves. Humble, kind-hearted, Christ-like, helpful, loving…she will be sorely missed.