April Dawn Reeves

April Dawn Reeves, 33, of Rolla passed away at her home on October 21, 2023.  She was born on March 23, 1990, in Rolla to Charles Herman and Sandra Dee (Fitzsimmons) Reeves. 

She had been pursuing a career in healthcare working on her G.E.D.  On September 17 of this year, she attended Ashes To Beauty where she accepted Jesus and was baptized.  April enjoyed painting, graphic design, writing poetry and most of all spending time with her daughter. 

She is predeceased by her parents Charles H. Reeves Jr, Sandra Dee Reeves; grandparents Carleen Mae (Fitzgerald) Reeves, Charles H. Reeves Sr, Sherman and Elta Hall; an aunt Brenda (Johnson) Hall; and cousins Justin Hall and his child, Joseph Bolin Jr, Shane Black, and J.D. Bunton. 

April is survived by her daughter Alysha Garten, brothers Charles H. Reeves III, Zachariah (Jordan) McConahay, and Daron Reeves all of Rolla; sisters Melissa (Luke) Owens, Destiny Reeves, and Abagaile Reeves all of Rolla; aunts Sheila Reeves, Jennifer (Ricardo Sr.) Hudson both of Rolla and Celena Black of Edgar Springs, and Nena McKinzie of Rainelle, WV; uncles Thomas Hall of Quinwood, WV and Daniel Reeves of Duke, MO; grandmother Dorothy Mace of Duke, MO and many nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. 

Services will be held on October 29, 2023, at Green Tree Church with Justin Cook officiating at 3:30 pm.