Laboratory assistant Debra Reese has retired after 44 years with North Mississippi Medical Center-West Point.
A 1974 graduate of West Point High School, Reese completed ward clerk training at East Mississippi Community College in Mayhew. She joined the staff of Ivy Memorial Hospital, the forerunner to NMMC-West Point, as a ward clerk on Feb. 26, 1975. She transferred to the Laboratory in 1981 and was certified as a phlebotomist in 1991.
During her tenure, Reese was honored as Employee of the Quarter in 2005. She was also named an NMMC All Star in 2004 and 2013. She maintained perfect attendance at work for several years as well.
The Reeses have a son, Jerry Derrell Reese of Okolona; a daughter, Temeka Danyale Reese of West Point; and six grandchildren.
They attend Baptist Grove M.B. Church in Prairie.
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