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    • Nov 12, 1882
    Tom Reeves is born in Panola County, Texas. In 1924, he has a son, Jim Reeves
    Apr 5, 1903
    Tom Reeves marries Mary Adams in Panola County, Texas. The union produces a son named Jim Reeves
    Aug 20, 1923
    Jim Reeves is born in Panola County, Texas. Combining a warm tone with perfectionist phrasing, he becomes one of country's strongest balladeers. He enters the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1967, three years after a plane crash takes his life
    May 1, 1924
    Jim Reeves' dad, Tom Reeves, dies, nine months after the future country singer's birth
    Oct 5, 1930
    Wildcatter Columbus Joiner discovers oil in East Texas. The find provides a job for Jim Reeves' older brother, Beuford, bolstering the financially struggling family
    May 16, 1941
    Jim Reeves pitches for Carthage in the team's first game at the Texas state high school championship tournament. The Bulldogs defeat Hondo High School, 8-2, as Travis outduels Clint Hartung, destined to pitch for the New York Giants
    May 17, 1941
    Jim Reeves strikes out 11 batters in the championship game at the Texas state high school baseball tournament. But Reeves' team, the Carthage Bulldogs, loses to Dallas' Sunset High, 6-1. Reeves is voted to the all-state team
    Mar 30, 1942
    Having already extended a contract to Jim Reeves to play baseball, the St. Louis Cardinals send a letter to Reeves, urging him to remain in high school and help his coach achieve a Texas state championship
    Apr 10, 1942
    Jim Reeves pitches his Carthage baseball team to a 3-1 exhibition victory over the University of Texas freshman team. The Panola Watchman says Reeves' curveball "cracked like a whip" as he racked up nine strikeouts
    May 21, 1942
    Jim Reeves is the starting pitcher as the Carthage baseball team defeats Whitharral in the first round of the Texas state high school championship tournament
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