Mark Leigh Reavis
February 2, 1962 — September 15, 2017
Mark Leigh Reavis, age 55, resident of Oakland, Tennessee, died Friday, September 15, 2017.
Services and Interment for Mr. Reavis are incomplete and will be announced by the Peebles West Funeral Chapel at Oakland.
Mr. Reavis was born February 2, 1962 in Garland, Texas. He received his education in the Texas and Tennessee School Systems and was employed as the director of telecommunications at the University of Memphis for 32 years. Mr. Reavis was of the Baptist faith and enjoyed fishing, working in his yard, golfing, antiquing, restoring and repairing computers and watching football. He was an avid Dallas Cowboys fan.
Mr. Reavis is survived by two daughters, Jennifer Sampson (Michael) of Collierville, TN, Angela Pulliam (Chester Lee) of Rossville, TN; his son, Phillip Reavis (Scarlett) of Senatobia, MS; his father, Clifford Reavis of Garland, TX; his sister, Kim Reavis of Collierville, TN; his brother, Randall Reavis of Collierville, TN; and ten grandchildren, Kassidy Pulliam, Katie Pulliam, Caroline Pulliam, Jade Reavis, Mason Reavis, Spencer Reavis, John Sampson, Josh Sampson, Jack Sampson and Madilyn Sampson.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Barbara Lynn Hardgrove Reavis.
The family requests that memorials be directed to LeBonheur Children’s Hospital, P.O. Box 41817, Memphis, TN 38174.