REES, Sophia Moser, Beeville Bee-Picayune, Thursday, 17 Jun 1948, front page.

Mrs. A. F. REES, Beeville City, Dies Thursday.

Mrs. A. F. Rees, a resident of Beeville since 1900 died at 4:05 Thursday from an illness of four 
months.  Rosary at the family home Friday night at 8 o'clock conducted by Bernard G. Stoder, 
pastor of St. Joseph's Catholic Church and the funeral mass was celebrated at 9 o'clock by 
Reverend Father....illegible.. Funeral held in St. Joseph's Church under the direction of Galloway's 
Funeral Home. Pallbearers were ...Rees, Carl Rees,...Stafford Rees,.....Clovis Rees, Ber?. _ _Billy Rees.

Mrs. Sophia Moser Rees was born in Hallettsville, December 22, 1872, a daughter of William and 
Caroline Rickaway Moser. On October 28, 1890 she was married to A. F. Rees.  Mrs. Rees moved to 
Beeville in 1900. Mr. Rees died in 1931 and since that time Mrs. Rees had continued to reside in the 
family home on east Corpus Christi Street.

Mrs. Rees was a descendant of Texas pioneers. Her grandfather, Mr. John Christian Rickaway having 
resided in this territory before Texas became a Republic.  She has been a member of the Catholic Church 
all her life. The survivors include two daughters; Mrs. Alvin Brauer of San Antonio and Mrs. A. R. Taylor of 
Beeville; a son, Errol Rees of Beeville, a sister, Mrs. L. W. Rees, also of Beeville; one granddaughter and 
one great-granddaughter.