| The Reece Sisters' Personal Appearance Calendar 1959 - 1964 |
| (Taken from Appointment Books kept all these years by Martha. Looking back, we are amazed at how much the Lord blessed us to stay so busy. All credit and glory go to Him. We enjoyed so much visiting all of these people and places and every moment we spent singing His praises.) |
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| The Reece Sisters Personal Appearance Calendar 1959 - 1964 |
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(c) 2008-2012 Touching Jesus Ministries
| (Taken from Appointment Books kept all these years by Martha. Looking back, we are amazed at how much the Lord blessed us to stay so busy. All credit and glory go to Him. We enjoyed so much visiting all of these people and places and every moment we spent singing His praises.) |
| The Reece Sisters' Personal Appearance Calendar 1959 - 1964 |
1959
3/01 - 1st Sunday Night - Riverside Baptist Church, Harris, NC
3/06 - 1st Sunday Night - Gastonia Gospel Tabernacle, Gastonia, NC
3/08 - 2nd Sunday Night - Stone Station Baptist Church, Spartanburg, SC
3/14 - 2nd Sat. Night - Beacon Light Tabernacle, Cowpens, SC w/Faith Trio
3/15 - 3rd Sunday Night - The Friendly Chapel Baptist Church, Fallston, NC
3/22 - 4th Sunday Afternoon - West View Evangelical Meth. Church, Spartanburg, SC
3/22 - 4th Sunday Night - Saxon Ave. Freewill Baptist Church, Spartanburg, SC
3/27 - 4th Friday Night - Friendly Chapel, Fallston, NC
3/28 - 4th Saturday Night - Saxon Ave. Freewill Baptist Church, Spartanburg, SC
3/29 - 5th Sunday - ALL DAY - Oakland Freewill Baptist Church, Spartanburg, SC
4/05 - 1st Sunday Afternoon - Crauter Mountain. Baptist Church, Crauter Mountain., NC
4/05 - 1st Sunday Night - Love Springs Freewill Baptist Church, Spartanburg, SC
4/11 - 2nd Sat. Night - Gospel Tabernacle, Greenville or Spartanburg, SC
4/12 - 2nd Sunday Afternoon - Porris Ford Baptist Church, NC
4/12 - 2nd Sunday Morn. & Eve. - Stone Station Baptist Church, Spartanburg, SC
4/18 - 3rd Saturday Night - East First Street Baptist Church, Newton, NC
4/25 - 4th Saturday Night - Hammets Grove Baptist Church, Spartanburg, SC
4/26 - 4th Sunday Night - Landrum, South Carolina with The Bell Aires Quartet
4/26 - 4th Sunday Afternoon - Singing Convention at Little White Country Church, Gilkey, NC
5/02 - 1st Saturday Night - Church of The Nazarene, All Night Singing Fest,
Rock Hill, SC, w/The Hardin Aires, The Trav'lers, The Friendly Five & The Blind Davis Trio
5/03 - 1st Sunday - The Friendly Chapel Baptist Church, Fallston, NC
5/10 - 2nd Sunday - Morning/Afternoon - “Homecoming Day” at Riverside Baptist Church,
Forest City, NC
5/10 - 2nd Sunday Night - Stone Station Baptist Church, Spartanburg, SC
5/17 - 3rd Sunday Afternoon - Keeps Grove Methodist Church, Vale, NC
5/17 - 3rd Sunday Night - Pine Mountain Baptist Church, Ellenboro, NC
5/23 - 4th Saturday Night - Gospel Concert with Barnett Brothers and The Hardin Aires -
McConnell’s School House, McConnell’s, SC
5/24 - 4th Sunday Afternoon - “Homecoming” at Sandy Springs Baptist Church, Inman, SC
5/31 - 5th Sunday - Forest City Tabernacle, Forest City, NC
6/07 - 1st Sunday - Alverson Grove Baptist Church, Inman, SC
6/14 - 2nd Sunday Afternoon - Goods Grove Baptist Church, near Six Point/Cliffside, SC
6/14 - 2nd Sunday Night - Church of God, Union, SC
6/21 - 3rd Sunday - Byre’s Baptist Tabernacle, Mills Springs, NC
7/04 - WSPA-TV, Spartanburg, SC - “The Farmer Gray Show”
7/11 - Morning - Visit with Rev. R.A. Heatherington at General Hospital, Room 234,
Spartanburg, SC
7/11 - Afternoon - Make Tapes for Rev. Loftis for Radio Program in Gaffney, SC
7/12 - Sunday Afternoon - 5:00-6:00 PM, Allgood’s Gospel Singing Program -
WBCU Radio, Union, SC
7/12 - Sunday Night - 7:30 PM - Stone Station Baptist Church, Spartanburg, SC
(Rev. Gene Reece - Revival Meeting)
7/19 - Sunday Afternoon - 2:30 PM - York County Singing at East Side Bapt. Ch., Rock Hill, SC
7/21 - Tuesday Night 7:30 PM - Rev. Owens Revival, Rock Hill, SC
7/22 - Wednesday - Practice Session
7/23 - Thursday - Entertain Brother & Sister Moss & Family
7/24 - Friday - East Side Baptist Church - Junior Class (Paul Crump)
7/26 - Sunday Night - 7:30 PM - Stone Station Baptist Church, Spartanburg, SC,
(Rev. Gene Reece - Revival Meeting)
8/09 - Sunday Afternoon - 2:30 PM - Lancaster County Singing Convention,
Pentecostal Holiness Church
9/13 - 2nd Sunday - Homecoming at Pisgah Mtn. Baptist Church, Pisgah Mtn., NC
11/7 - Sunday Night - 7:30 PM - Stone Station Bapt. Church
12/14-2nd Sunday Night - 7:30 PM - Stone Station Baptist Church, Spartanburg, SC
NOTE: Many personal appearances were not recorded for May, June & August 1959.
1960
2/20 - 3rd Saturday Night - 7:30 PM - Five Point Church Singing Convention with The Trav'lers
Quartet and The Bibletone Quartet
2/27 - Saturday Night - Calvary Pentecostal Holiness Church with Red White and His Country
Gospel Singers and The Gloryland Quartet - Cheesaw Cross Road, near Effingham, SC
2/28 - Sunday Night - Revival Meeting at Bethany Baptist Church, Florence, SC
3/06 - Sunday Afternoon - 2:30 PM - Singing Convention - Hilltop Baptist Church, Leesville, SC
3/13 - Sunday Night - 7:30 PM - Stone Station Bapt. Church Singing Convention, Spartanburg,
SC, with Red White and The Gloryland Quartet
3/19 - Saturday Night - Five Points Baptist Church with Crusader’s Trio & Bibletone Quartet
3/20 - Sunday Afternoon - Singing Convention at Salem Baptist Church, Salem, SC
3/25 - Friday Night Singing Convention - Bethany Freewill Baptist Church, Florence, SC
with The Gloryland Quartet and The Bibletone Quartet
4/03 - Sunday Afternoon - Hilltop Baptist Church, Leesville, SC - Singing Convention
4/09 - 2nd Saturday Night - Brother Thrall’s Church, Hartsville, SC
4/10 - Sunday Night - 7:30 PM - Stone Station Baptist Church, Spartanburg, SC
5/29 - Pine Hill True Salvation Baptist Church - “Children’s Day”
NOTE: During the months of June, 1960 through March, 1961, The Reece Sisters lived in Durham,
NC, Winnsboro, SC, and Columbia, SC. A few of their appearances while living in Durham, NC:
- Singing at Durham Armory, Durham, NC
- Riverview Baptist Church in Danville, VA
- Homer Briar hopper & Clyde Moody TV Show - WBTV. Channel 11
- Revival at Bethesda Freewill Baptist Church with Rev. Gene Reece preaching.
- The Reece Sisters sang in many churches in Durham, NC, but these were not recorded.
1961
4/30 - Sunday Morning - Hill Top Baptist Church, Leesville, SC
4/30 - Sunday Evening - Red Bank Baptist Church, Red Bank, SC
5/13 - Irmo High School - Sweetheart Contest - FFA, Irmo, SC
5/20 - WIS-TV - Columbia, SC - “Carolina In The Morning” with Snuffy Jenkins and
The “Hired Hands”, MC Johnny Evans - “Hired Hands”: Ira Dimmery,
Grady Lindler, Bill Ray, Greasy Medlin and “Pappy” Sherrill. (Our 1st time on this show!)
5/20 - Pet Milk Grand Ole Opry Talent Contest at the Township Auditorium, Columbia,
SC, (The Reece Sisters were the winners.)
5/21 - Sunday Morning - Stone Station Baptist Church, Spartanburg, SC,
5/21 - Sunday Afternoon - Wesleyan Methodist Church, Landrum, SC
5/21 - Sunday Evening - Southside Baptist Church, Landrum, SC, w/Bell Aires Quartet
6/04 - 1st - Sunday - Lexington Pentecostal Church, Lexington, SC
6/11 - Sunday Afternoon -Red Banks Methodist Church, Red Banks, SC
6/12 - Monday Afternoon - Lexington Ball Park with “Smiley Burnette” sponsored by the
Lexington J.C.s Smiley was a television star in “Roy Rogers” cowboy movies.
6/18 - Saturday - Pine Grove Baptist Church, Lexington, SC - “Homecoming”
6/18 - Saturday Afternoon - WBLR Radio, Batesburg, SC - “The Reece Sisters Show”
6/18 - Saturday Night - Hilltop Baptist Church, Leesville, SC
6/24 - WIS-TV - Channel 10, Columbia, SC - “Carolina In The Morning” Show
6/25 - Sunday Morning - Hilltop Baptist Church, Leesville, SC
Sunday Afternoon - Hilltop Baptist Church - Funeral
Sunday Night - Lexington Pentecostal Holiness Church, Lexington, SC - Singing
Convention with the Bel-Aires Quartet
7/01 - Saturday Morning - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - “Carolina In The Morning” Show
7/01 - Saturday Night - Piney Grove Baptist Church Revival Meeting
7/02 - Sunday Afternoon - Faith Temple, N. Greenville, SC
7/02 - Sunday Night - Riverside Baptist Church, Harris, NC
7/09 - Sunday Morning - Lutheran Church of the Reformation, Columbia, SC
7/09 - Sunday Afternoon - Elta Vista Baptist Church, Columbia, SC
7/09 - Sunday Night - Faith Baptist Church, Columbia, SC - Revival
7/12 - Wednesday Night - Sunnyside Baptist Church, Batesburg, SC
7/13 - Thursday Night - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped “Carolina In The Morning”.
7/15 - Saturday Afternoon - WBLR Radio “Reece Sisters’ Show”
7/15 - Saturday Night - Alta Vista Baptist Church, Columbia, SC - Edgewood Revival
7/16 - Sunday Afternoon - Hammets Grove Baptist Church, “Homecoming”, Sptbg.,SC
7/16 - Sunday Night - Hill Top Baptist Church, Leesville, SC
7/20 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
7/22 - Sat. Night - Winkler’s Grove Baptist Church, Hickory, NC - Singing Convention
7/23 - Sunday Morning & Afternoon - Sunnyside Baptist Church, Leesville, SC - Singing
& Homecoming
7/23 - Sunday Night - Hill Top Baptist Church, Leesville, SC (This was the first day of a
Revival meeting in which our Dad, Rev. Gene Reece preached.
7/27 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
7/30 - Taped at Grady Lindler’s home in Chapin, SC
8/01 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
(We sang: “Light In A Window”; “Praying” and Marjorie sang “Mom and Dad’s Waltz”
It was also Marjorie‘s 21st birthday.)
8/05 - WCAY Radio, Cayce, SC - Sang on Rev. Leaphart’s Radio Program
8/06 - Bluff Road Un-denominational Holiness Church, Columbia, SC
8/07 - Sang for Mr. Shirey and son and daughter
8/08 - WIS-TV - Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
8/10 - Thursday Night - Providence Baptist Church, Batesburg, SC - Revival Meeting
8/13 - Taped Songs at Grady Lindler’s home for WCAY Radio
8/15 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
8/17 - Thursday Night - Old-Fashioned Baptist Camp Meeting, Columbia, SC
8/19 - Saturday Night - Old-Fashioned Baptist Camp Meeting, Columbia, SC
8/20 - Sunday Afternoon - Full Salvation Baptist Church, Columbia, SC
8/22 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
8/25 - Friday Night - First Nazarene Church in W. Columbia, SC - Revival Meeting
8/27 - Sunday - Sang at Aunt and Uncle’s home in Langley, SC
8/29 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
9/04 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
9/09 - Saturday - Roberson Reunion - Turbeville, SC, near Sumter, SC.
9/10 - Sang for Friends - One was Editor of the Lexington High “Wildcat” (He took a
picture of us and it was in the school paper.)
9/11 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
9/15 - Friday Night - Sunnyside Baptist Church, Leesville, SC - Revival
9/16 - Saturday Night - Sunnyside Baptist Church, Leesville, SC - Revival
9/17 - Sunday Night - Bethel Pentecostal Holiness Church, Saluda, SC
9/19 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
9/22 - Starday Studios, Nashville, TN - Cut record - Released on “Faith” Label
(Included: “Wings Of A Dove”, “Known Only To Him”, “Stand By Me” and
“Let Your Light So Shine”)
9/23 - Sang at Aunt and Uncle’s Home in Forest City, NC (We stopped by on way back
from Nashville, TN)
9/24 - Sunday Morning - Sandy Mountain Full Gospel Church, Cayce, SC
9/24 - Sunday Afternoon/Evening - Pine Ridge Church, Columbia, SC
9/26 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
10/1 - Sunday Afternoon - Faith Temple, N. Greenville, SC
10/1 - Sunday Night - Riverside Baptist Church, Harris, NC
10/3 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
10/8 - Sunday Night - Church of God, Manning, SC
10/10-WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
10/11-Wed. Night - Welcome Baptist Church, Cayce, SC - Revival Meeting
10/15- Sunday Morning - West Columbia Church of The Nazarene,
10/17- WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
10/20- Friday Night - First Savings Finance Co., Col., SC - New Opening w/Hired Hands
10/22- 4th Sunday Afternoon - Sunnyside Baptist Church, Leesville, SC
10/22-10/29 - Taylor’s Evangelical Methodist Church, Columbia, SC - Revival Meeting -
Rev. Cloer, Pastor
10/24- WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
10/28- Saturday Night - Winkler’s Grove Baptist Church, Hickory, NC, - Singing Conv.
10/29- Sunday Morning/Night - Taylor’s Evangelical Methodist Church, Columbia, SC
10/31- WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
11/12- Sunday Afternoon - Pools Bend Church of God, Glendale, SC
11/12- Sunday Night - Stone Station Baptist Church, Spartanburg, SC
11/14- WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Car
11/19- Sunday - All Day - W. Columbia Nazarene Church, Rev. Montgomery, Pastor
11/21- WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
11/21- Received our Records from Starday Records (Faith Label)
11/25- K & J Restaurant, Lexington, SC
11/28- WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
12/03- Sunday Morning - Riverside Baptist Church, Harris, NC
12/04- WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
12/09- Saturday - Fish Fry at Blythewood, SC
12/10- Sunday - Twin City Pentecostal Holiness Church, Batesburg, SC - Singing Conv.
12/11- Taped Radio Station Break, “Leave your radio on 1430 on your dial. For music,
news and weather, too. It‘s WBLR for you!” We also did one for WCAY Radio.
12/12- WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
12/16- Saturday Morning - WCAY Radio Station, Cayce, W. Col., SC, “The Reece Sisters’ Show
- (Our First show on WCAY Radio)
12/16 - Saturday Night - Lake City Barrinue Pentecostal Holiness Church, Barinnue
Crossroads, Lake City, SC
12/17- Sunday Morning - West Point Baptist Church, Rutherfordton, NC
12/19- WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
12/25- Christmas Day - Carver Family Reunion, Rutherfordton, NC
12/31- Watch Night Service at Taylor’s Evangelical Methodist Church, Columbia, SC
1962
1/07 - Sunday Morning - Faith Temple, North Greenville, SC
1/08 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
1/12 - Friday Night - Sang on Grand Ole Opry Show at Township Auditorium,
Columbia, SC with Kitty Wells, Johnny & Jack, Carl Smith, Bill Phillips, Buddy Spiker,
Tennessee Mountain Boys and more.
1/15 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
1/16 - Sang at Ole Folks’ Home, Pontiac, SC, near Blaney & Dentsville, SC
1/22 - Sang at American Legion Supper at American Legion Post 79, W. Columbia, SC
1/22 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
1/22 - WCAY Radio Station, Cayce, W. Columbia, SC - “The Reece Sisters’ Show”
1/27 - WCAY Radio Station, Cayce, W. Columbia, SC - “The Reece Sisters’ Show”
1/27 - Saturday Night - Great Falls High School - The Reece Sisters, Jack Tottle, and
The Broomes Brothers
1/29 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
2/03 - Saturday Night - Valdese Grammar School - with “The Arthur Smith Show”
2/06 - Rehearsed with The Country Squires, Greenville, SC
2/07 - Wednesday Night - Taylor’s Evangelical Methodist Church - Revival Meeting
2/10 - WCAY Radio Station - “The Reece Sisters’ Show” - Cayce, W. Columbia, SC
2/10 - Rehearsed with “The Country Squires, Greenville, SC
2/10 - WCAY Radio Station - “The Reece Sisters’ Show” - Cayce, W. Columbia, SC
2/11 - WLOS-TV - Asheville/Greenville w/the Country Squires for The March of Dimes
Telethon - 6:30 - 7:00 A.M.
2/17 - Saturday - Honor Society of American Legion at Jefferson Hotel, Columbia, SC,
with Snuffy Jenkins and Greasy Medlin of The Hired Hands
2/17 - Saturday Afternoon - WBLR Radio, Batesburg, SC - “The Reece Sisters’ Show”
2/17 - WCAY Radio, Cayce, W. Columbia, SC - “The Reece Sisters’ Show”
2/19 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
2/23 - Friday Afternoon - Brooklyn-Cayce Grammar School for Cub Scouts Banquet
2/23 - Friday Night - Taped WCAY Radio Program, “The Reece Sisters’ Show”
2/26 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
3/03 - WCAY Radio and WBLR Radio Programs - “The Reece Sisters’ Show”
3/05 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
3/10 - Saturday Afternoon - WBLR Radio, Batesburg, SC - “The Reece Sisters’ Show”
3/10 - WCAY Radio, Cayce, W. Columbia, SC
3/10 - WCKI Radio, Greer, SC
3/12 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
3/17 - WBLR & WCAY Radio Shows
3/19 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
3/24 - Edmonds High School, Sumter, SC with “The Hired Hands”
3/25 - Rehearsed with “The Country Squires”
3/26 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
3/30 - Taped WBLR Radio Program - “The Reece Sisters’ Show”
3/31 - WCKI Radio, Greer, SC
4/02 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
4/07 - Saturday Night - Blythewood High School - with The Broome Brothers and
Fred Williams and The Walling Sisters
4/09 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
4/13 - Friday Night - Full Salvation Baptist Church, Gilbert, SC - Revival 7:30 PM
4/14 - WBLR Radio, Batesburg, SC - 2:00 - 3:00 PM - “The Reece Sisters’ Show”
4/16 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
4/20 - Friday Night - Taylor Street Baptist Church, Rev. J. D. Atkins
4/22 - Easter Sunday - West Columbia Nazarene Church, W. Columbia, SC
Rev. P.D. Montgomery, Pastor
4/22 - Sunday Night - Sandy Mt. Full Salvation Church, near Columbia Water Works
4/23 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
4/24 - WBLR Radio - Batesburg, SC - 2:00 - 3:00 PM
WCKI Radio - Greer, SC
WLCM Radio - Lancaster, SC - 5:15 - 5:30 PM
Lancaster High School with Snuffy Jenkins, Greasy Medlin and Hired Hands
5/05 - WBLR Radio, Batesburg, SC - 2:00 3:00 PM
WCKI Radio, Greer, SC
5/07 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
5/11 - WBLR Radio - Batesburg, SC - Taped Show for Saturday Afternoon
5/14 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
5/16 - WBLR Radio, Batesburg, SC - 2:00 - 3:00 PM
5/28 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
6/02 - WBLR Radio, Batesburg, SC - 2:00 - 3:00 PM
WCKI Radio - Greer, SC
Saturday Evening - Salem High School with The Country Squires
6/03 - Sunday Morning - Taylor’s Evangelical Methodist Church, Columbia, SC
6/05 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
6/08 - R. L. Bryan Co. - Hites Pond - Barbecue with The Hired Hands
6/09 - Saturday Afternoon - WBLR Radio, Batesburg, SC - 2:00 - 3:00 PM
Saturday Night - Grand Old Opry Show at Township Auditorium, Columbia, SC,
With Ernest Tubb and The Texas Troubadours, Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper and
The Reece Sisters.
6/15 - Went to Nashville, TN to cut a new record at Starday Studios w/Studio Musicians:
Dean Manuel on piano and Pete Drake on steel guitar, etc. They were great!
Songs were: “Leave It Alone” and “A Memory And A Broken Heart”
6/16 - Was on Ernest Tubb Record Shop Show - WSM - w/Jim Reeves hosting. Met and
talked with many stars behind stage at Ryman Auditorium. They were real nice!
6/18 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morn. TV Show “Carolina In The Morning”
7/04 - Lexington County Peach Festival, Gilbert, SC
7/12 - Pal Theater, Louisville, GA, with The Country Squires
7/14 - White Plains Baptist Church, Mt. Airy, NC
7/15 - White Plains Baptist Church, Mt. Airy, NC
7/16 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped “Carolina In The Morning” w/ The Hired Hands
7/17 - WSPA-TV - Spartanburg, SC - with The Blue Ridge Quartet
7/23 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped “Carolina In The Morning” w/ The Hired Hands
8/05 - Sunday Morning - Providence Baptist Church, Batesburg, SC
8/06 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped “Carolina In The Morning” w/ The Hired Hands
8/08 - WLOS-TV, Asheville/Greenville, SC - First Show “Saturday Jamboree” with the
Country Squires, Pruitt Sisters, and Hometowners from Gastonia, NC
8/11 - Sat. Afternoon - WBLR Radio - The Reece Sisters’ Show - Live - 1 hour show
- Saturday Night - Lake City Ball Park - All Night Gospel Singing with The Blue Ridge
Quartet, Prophets Quartet and Senators Quartet.
8/13 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped “Carolina In The Morning” w/ The Hired Hands
8/18 - Sat. Afternoon - WBLR Radio - The Reece Sisters’ Show - Live - 1 hour show
8/20 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped “Carolina In The Morning” w/ The Hired Hands
8/25 - Sat. Afternoon - WBLR Radio - The Reece Sisters’ Show - Live - 1 hour show
8/27 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped “Carolina In The Morning” w/ The Hired Hands
9/01 - Sat. Afternoon - WBLR Radio - The Reece Sisters’ Show - Live - 1 hour show
9/03 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped “Carolina In The Morning” w/ The Hired Hands
9/08 - Sat. Afternoon - WBLR Radio - The Reece Sisters’ Show - Live - 1 hour show
9/12 - WLOS-TV, Asheville/Greenville - Channel 13 - “Saturday Jamboree” with The
Country Squires, Pruitt Sisters and The Hometowners from Gastonia, NC
9/15 - Sat. Afternoon - WBLR Radio - The Reece Sisters’ Show - Live - 1 hour show
with guest Jack Tottle from Alexandra, VA, and Mary Klamp from Batesburg, SC
9/17 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped “Carolina In The Morning” w/ The Hired Hands
9/22 - Sat. Afternoon - WBLR Radio - The Reece Sisters’ Show - Live - 1 hour show
9/24 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped “Carolina In The Morning” w/ The Hired Hands
9/27 - Andrews Theater in Bishopville, SC, with The Hired Hands (packed house)
9/29 - Sat. Afternoon - WBLR Radio - The Reece Sisters’ Show - Live - 1 hour show
10/2 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped “Carolina In The Morning” w/ The Hired Hands
10/6 - Sat. Afternoon - WBLR Radio - The Reece Sisters’ Show - Live - 1 hour show
10/9 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped “Carolina In The Morning” w/ The Hired Hands
10/12- Edmonds High School, Sumter, SC, with The Hired Hands, The Bel-Aires Quartet
and Pete Kiker
10/19- Pelion High School, Pelion, SC, with The Hired Hands
10/20- Reece Family moved to Greenville, SC. Marjorie went with them. Georgia and
Martha stayed in Columbia, SC
10/22- Practiced at Don McKiney’s with The Country Squires for WLOS-TV Show in
Greenville, SC
10/25- Taped two television shows: “Saturday Jamboree at WLOS-TV (Asheville/Gvl.)
In Greenville, SC - We sang “Success”, “Family Bible” and “I Am A Pilgrim”
10/29- Practiced at Don McKinney’s with the Country Squires for TV show, also The Pruitt Sisters
10/31- Martha’s Birthday (19 years old)
11/05- Georgia and Martha came up and we practiced at Don McKinney’s house with the
Country Squires for a TV Show on WLOS-TV with Pruitt Sisters
(received a nice letter from Jack Tottle)
11/08- Georgia and Martha came up to Greenville again and we practiced with
The Country Squires at Don McKinney’s home for upcoming appearance
on WLOS-TV (which was cancelled on 11/15)
11/10- Sat. Afternoon - WBLR Radio - The Reece Sisters’ Show - Live - 1 hour show
11/13- WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped “Carolina In The Morning” w/ The Hired Hands
11/15- Cancelled appearance on WLOS-TV
11/16- Marjorie came back to Columbia to live with Georgia and Martha
11/17- Sat. Afternoon - WBLR Radio - The Reece Sisters’ Show - Live - 1 hour show
11/20- WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped “Carolina In The Morning” w/ The Hired Hands
11/24- Georgia’s Birthday (21 years old)
11/24 - Sat. Afternoon - WBLR Radio - The Reece Sisters’ Show - Live - 1 hour show
11/25- Sunday Morning - Taylor’s Evangelical Methodist Church, Columbia, SC
12/01- Sat. Afternoon - WBLR Radio - The Reece Sisters’ Show - Live - 1 hour show
12/06- Thursday Evening - Andrews Theater, Bishopville, SC
12/08- Sat. Afternoon - WBLR Radio - The Reece Sisters’ Show - Live - 1 hour show
12/11- WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped “Carolina In The Morning” w/ The Hired Hands
12/14- Sang for a Barbecue Supper for the Columbia Fire Department and their families
12/15- Sat. Afternoon - WBLR Radio - The Reece Sisters’ Show - Live - 1 hour show
12/18- WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped “Carolina In The Morning” w/ The Hired Hands
12/22- Sat. Afternoon - WBLR Radio - The Reece Sisters’ Show - Live - 1 hour show
12/25- Went home to Greenville for Christmas
12/26- WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped “Carolina In The Morning” w/ The Hired Hands
12/29- Sat. Afternoon - WBLR Radio - The Reece Sisters’ Show - Live - 1 hour show
12/30- Went to Greenville, SC, and then to Asheville, NC
1963
1/01 - Spent New Year’s Day in our apartment in Columbia, SC, “Happy New Year!”
1/02 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped “Carolina In The Morning” w/ The Hired Hands
1/05 - Sat. Afternoon - WBLR Radio - The Reece Sisters’ Show - Live - 1 hour show
1/08 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped “Carolina In The Morning” w/ The Hired Hands
1/12 - Sat. Afternoon - WBLR Radio - The Reece Sisters’ Show - Live - 1 hour show
1/15 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped “Carolina In The Morning” w/ The Hired Hands
1/17 - Earlwood Park - Entertained for the Fire Department and their families
1/19 - Gilbert High School w/ Redd Reynolds and WBLR Radio Show
1/22 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped “Carolina In The Morning” w/ The Hired Hands
1/25 - Conway High School with Red White and the Dixie Blue Grass Boys
3/30 - Batesburg-Leesville High School w/ Redd Reynolds, Jack McCartha and The “Jumping Jacks”
(NOTE: Below, begins our Road Tour with The Porter Wagoner Show during 1963 in Virginia,
Pennsylvania, Iowa and Minnesota, includes all of the Porter's Wagon Masters Band, Jimmy Martin
includes all of The Sunny Mountain Boys.)
3/31 - Reynolds Auditorium in Winston Salem, NC, with the Porter Wagoner Show, Shot Jackson,
Melba Montgomery, Lee Miles and George Hamilton, IV. (We did 2 shows here at
3:00 and 7:00 PM and had dinner at George Hamilton IV's home.)
4/02 - Roanoke, VA, Roanoke Armory with the Porter Wagoner Show including all of
those on the 3/31 show, plus Don Reno/Red Smiley and The Tennessee Cut-Ups.
5/20 - Altoona, PA, at the Shrine Mosque, locally known as Jaffe Mosque, Broad & 2nd Street
with Porter Wagoner Show and Hilo Brown.
5/21 - New Castle, PA, Rajah Theatre, 136 N. 6th, with the Porter Wagoner Show,
Norma Jean and Hilo Brown.
5/24 - York, PA, at William Penn High School with Porter Wagoner Show, Norma Jean
and Jimmy Martin.
June, 1963 - The Reece Sisters worked with promoters, Bruce and Dottie Freeman, on the following
show dates:
7/04 - Burlington, Iowa, with the Porter Wagoner Show, Norma Jean, Jimmy Martin and Lee Miles.
7/10 - Davenport, Iowa, at Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds with the Porter Wagoner Show,
Norma Jean and Jimmy Martin.
7/11 - Iowa City, Iowa at the 4-H Fairgrounds with the Porter Wagoner Show, Norma Jean,
Jimmy Martin and Paul Craft.
7/12 - Cedar Rapids, Iowa with the Porter Wagoner Show and Norma Jean.
7/13 - Dubuque, Iowa at Petrakis Park with The Porter Wagoner Show.
7/24 - Nashville, TN - Appeared on the Porter Wagoner Television Show. It was taped and
should be aired in September, 1963. Here we met Minnie Pearl, Little Jimmy Dickens,
Bill Anderson and Wanda Jackson.
8/24 - Reece Sisters were guests on the Cas Walker Show on KNOX radio in Knoxville, TN
8/31 - Reece Sisters were guests on the Cas Walker Radio and Television Shows in Knoxville, TN.
9/12 - Rochester, MN, City Auditorium with the Porter Wagoner Show, Norma Jean and
Jimmy Martin.
9/13 - Waterloo, Iowa, at City Auditorium with the Porter Wagoner Show, Norma Jean
and Jimmy Martin.
On October 31, 1963, Georgia and Martha were married in a double ceremony on Martha's birthday
and our Mom and Dad's wedding anniversary as well. The Reece Sisters retired then and are now living
full lives, raising some wonderful children and grandchildren.
1964
The Reece Sisters got together for a big Gospel Singing on May 30, Memorial Day Weekend in 1964:
05/30 - Saturday Night Gospel Singing at McConnells School House, McConnells, SC, with the Hardin-
Aires Quartet (Rock Hill, SC) and The Barnett Brothers Quartet (Spartanburg, SC), sponsored by the
McConnells Ruritan Club.
3/01 - 1st Sunday Night - Riverside Baptist Church, Harris, NC
3/06 - 1st Sunday Night - Gastonia Gospel Tabernacle, Gastonia, NC
3/08 - 2nd Sunday Night - Stone Station Baptist Church, Spartanburg, SC
3/14 - 2nd Sat. Night - Beacon Light Tabernacle, Cowpens, SC w/Faith Trio
3/15 - 3rd Sunday Night - The Friendly Chapel Baptist Church, Fallston, NC
3/22 - 4th Sunday Afternoon - West View Evangelical Meth. Church, Spartanburg, SC
3/22 - 4th Sunday Night - Saxon Ave. Freewill Baptist Church, Spartanburg, SC
3/27 - 4th Friday Night - Friendly Chapel, Fallston, NC
3/28 - 4th Saturday Night - Saxon Ave. Freewill Baptist Church, Spartanburg, SC
3/29 - 5th Sunday - ALL DAY - Oakland Freewill Baptist Church, Spartanburg, SC
4/05 - 1st Sunday Afternoon - Crauter Mountain. Baptist Church, Crauter Mountain., NC
4/05 - 1st Sunday Night - Love Springs Freewill Baptist Church, Spartanburg, SC
4/11 - 2nd Sat. Night - Gospel Tabernacle, Greenville or Spartanburg, SC
4/12 - 2nd Sunday Afternoon - Porris Ford Baptist Church, NC
4/12 - 2nd Sunday Morn. & Eve. - Stone Station Baptist Church, Spartanburg, SC
4/18 - 3rd Saturday Night - East First Street Baptist Church, Newton, NC
4/25 - 4th Saturday Night - Hammets Grove Baptist Church, Spartanburg, SC
4/26 - 4th Sunday Night - Landrum, South Carolina with The Bell Aires Quartet
4/26 - 4th Sunday Afternoon - Singing Convention at Little White Country Church, Gilkey, NC
5/02 - 1st Saturday Night - Church of The Nazarene, All Night Singing Fest,
Rock Hill, SC, w/The Hardin Aires, The Trav'lers, The Friendly Five & The Blind Davis Trio
5/03 - 1st Sunday - The Friendly Chapel Baptist Church, Fallston, NC
5/10 - 2nd Sunday - Morning/Afternoon - “Homecoming Day” at Riverside Baptist Church,
Forest City, NC
5/10 - 2nd Sunday Night - Stone Station Baptist Church, Spartanburg, SC
5/17 - 3rd Sunday Afternoon - Keeps Grove Methodist Church, Vale, NC
5/17 - 3rd Sunday Night - Pine Mountain Baptist Church, Ellenboro, NC
5/23 - 4th Saturday Night - Gospel Concert with Barnett Brothers and The Hardin Aires -
McConnell’s School House, McConnell’s, SC
5/24 - 4th Sunday Afternoon - “Homecoming” at Sandy Springs Baptist Church, Inman, SC
5/31 - 5th Sunday - Forest City Tabernacle, Forest City, NC
6/07 - 1st Sunday - Alverson Grove Baptist Church, Inman, SC
6/14 - 2nd Sunday Afternoon - Goods Grove Baptist Church, near Six Point/Cliffside, SC
6/14 - 2nd Sunday Night - Church of God, Union, SC
6/21 - 3rd Sunday - Byre’s Baptist Tabernacle, Mills Springs, NC
7/04 - WSPA-TV, Spartanburg, SC - “The Farmer Gray Show”
7/11 - Morning - Visit with Rev. R.A. Heatherington at General Hospital, Room 234,
Spartanburg, SC
7/11 - Afternoon - Make Tapes for Rev. Loftis for Radio Program in Gaffney, SC
7/12 - Sunday Afternoon - 5:00-6:00 PM, Allgood’s Gospel Singing Program -
WBCU Radio, Union, SC
7/12 - Sunday Night - 7:30 PM - Stone Station Baptist Church, Spartanburg, SC
(Rev. Gene Reece - Revival Meeting)
7/19 - Sunday Afternoon - 2:30 PM - York County Singing at East Side Bapt. Ch., Rock Hill, SC
7/21 - Tuesday Night 7:30 PM - Rev. Owens Revival, Rock Hill, SC
7/22 - Wednesday - Practice Session
7/23 - Thursday - Entertain Brother & Sister Moss & Family
7/24 - Friday - East Side Baptist Church - Junior Class (Paul Crump)
7/26 - Sunday Night - 7:30 PM - Stone Station Baptist Church, Spartanburg, SC,
(Rev. Gene Reece - Revival Meeting)
8/09 - Sunday Afternoon - 2:30 PM - Lancaster County Singing Convention,
Pentecostal Holiness Church
9/13 - 2nd Sunday - Homecoming at Pisgah Mtn. Baptist Church, Pisgah Mtn., NC
11/7 - Sunday Night - 7:30 PM - Stone Station Bapt. Church
12/14-2nd Sunday Night - 7:30 PM - Stone Station Baptist Church, Spartanburg, SC
NOTE: Many personal appearances were not recorded for May, June & August 1959.
1960
2/20 - 3rd Saturday Night - 7:30 PM - Five Point Church Singing Convention with The Trav'lers
Quartet and The Bibletone Quartet
2/27 - Saturday Night - Calvary Pentecostal Holiness Church with Red White and His Country
Gospel Singers and The Gloryland Quartet - Cheesaw Cross Road, near Effingham, SC
2/28 - Sunday Night - Revival Meeting at Bethany Baptist Church, Florence, SC
3/06 - Sunday Afternoon - 2:30 PM - Singing Convention - Hilltop Baptist Church, Leesville, SC
3/13 - Sunday Night - 7:30 PM - Stone Station Bapt. Church Singing Convention, Spartanburg,
SC, with Red White and The Gloryland Quartet
3/19 - Saturday Night - Five Points Baptist Church with Crusader’s Trio & Bibletone Quartet
3/20 - Sunday Afternoon - Singing Convention at Salem Baptist Church, Salem, SC
3/25 - Friday Night Singing Convention - Bethany Freewill Baptist Church, Florence, SC
with The Gloryland Quartet and The Bibletone Quartet
4/03 - Sunday Afternoon - Hilltop Baptist Church, Leesville, SC - Singing Convention
4/09 - 2nd Saturday Night - Brother Thrall’s Church, Hartsville, SC
4/10 - Sunday Night - 7:30 PM - Stone Station Baptist Church, Spartanburg, SC
5/29 - Pine Hill True Salvation Baptist Church - “Children’s Day”
NOTE: During the months of June, 1960 through March, 1961, The Reece Sisters lived in Durham,
NC, Winnsboro, SC, and Columbia, SC. A few of their appearances while living in Durham, NC:
- Singing at Durham Armory, Durham, NC
- Riverview Baptist Church in Danville, VA
- Homer Briar hopper & Clyde Moody TV Show - WBTV. Channel 11
- Revival at Bethesda Freewill Baptist Church with Rev. Gene Reece preaching.
- The Reece Sisters sang in many churches in Durham, NC, but these were not recorded.
1961
4/30 - Sunday Morning - Hill Top Baptist Church, Leesville, SC
4/30 - Sunday Evening - Red Bank Baptist Church, Red Bank, SC
5/13 - Irmo High School - Sweetheart Contest - FFA, Irmo, SC
5/20 - WIS-TV - Columbia, SC - “Carolina In The Morning” with Snuffy Jenkins and
The “Hired Hands”, MC Johnny Evans - “Hired Hands”: Ira Dimmery,
Grady Lindler, Bill Ray, Greasy Medlin and “Pappy” Sherrill. (Our 1st time on this show!)
5/20 - Pet Milk Grand Ole Opry Talent Contest at the Township Auditorium, Columbia,
SC, (The Reece Sisters were the winners.)
5/21 - Sunday Morning - Stone Station Baptist Church, Spartanburg, SC,
5/21 - Sunday Afternoon - Wesleyan Methodist Church, Landrum, SC
5/21 - Sunday Evening - Southside Baptist Church, Landrum, SC, w/Bell Aires Quartet
6/04 - 1st - Sunday - Lexington Pentecostal Church, Lexington, SC
6/11 - Sunday Afternoon -Red Banks Methodist Church, Red Banks, SC
6/12 - Monday Afternoon - Lexington Ball Park with “Smiley Burnette” sponsored by the
Lexington J.C.s Smiley was a television star in “Roy Rogers” cowboy movies.
6/18 - Saturday - Pine Grove Baptist Church, Lexington, SC - “Homecoming”
6/18 - Saturday Afternoon - WBLR Radio, Batesburg, SC - “The Reece Sisters Show”
6/18 - Saturday Night - Hilltop Baptist Church, Leesville, SC
6/24 - WIS-TV - Channel 10, Columbia, SC - “Carolina In The Morning” Show
6/25 - Sunday Morning - Hilltop Baptist Church, Leesville, SC
Sunday Afternoon - Hilltop Baptist Church - Funeral
Sunday Night - Lexington Pentecostal Holiness Church, Lexington, SC - Singing
Convention with the Bel-Aires Quartet
7/01 - Saturday Morning - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - “Carolina In The Morning” Show
7/01 - Saturday Night - Piney Grove Baptist Church Revival Meeting
7/02 - Sunday Afternoon - Faith Temple, N. Greenville, SC
7/02 - Sunday Night - Riverside Baptist Church, Harris, NC
7/09 - Sunday Morning - Lutheran Church of the Reformation, Columbia, SC
7/09 - Sunday Afternoon - Elta Vista Baptist Church, Columbia, SC
7/09 - Sunday Night - Faith Baptist Church, Columbia, SC - Revival
7/12 - Wednesday Night - Sunnyside Baptist Church, Batesburg, SC
7/13 - Thursday Night - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped “Carolina In The Morning”.
7/15 - Saturday Afternoon - WBLR Radio “Reece Sisters’ Show”
7/15 - Saturday Night - Alta Vista Baptist Church, Columbia, SC - Edgewood Revival
7/16 - Sunday Afternoon - Hammets Grove Baptist Church, “Homecoming”, Sptbg.,SC
7/16 - Sunday Night - Hill Top Baptist Church, Leesville, SC
7/20 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
7/22 - Sat. Night - Winkler’s Grove Baptist Church, Hickory, NC - Singing Convention
7/23 - Sunday Morning & Afternoon - Sunnyside Baptist Church, Leesville, SC - Singing
& Homecoming
7/23 - Sunday Night - Hill Top Baptist Church, Leesville, SC (This was the first day of a
Revival meeting in which our Dad, Rev. Gene Reece preached.
7/27 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
7/30 - Taped at Grady Lindler’s home in Chapin, SC
8/01 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
(We sang: “Light In A Window”; “Praying” and Marjorie sang “Mom and Dad’s Waltz”
It was also Marjorie‘s 21st birthday.)
8/05 - WCAY Radio, Cayce, SC - Sang on Rev. Leaphart’s Radio Program
8/06 - Bluff Road Un-denominational Holiness Church, Columbia, SC
8/07 - Sang for Mr. Shirey and son and daughter
8/08 - WIS-TV - Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
8/10 - Thursday Night - Providence Baptist Church, Batesburg, SC - Revival Meeting
8/13 - Taped Songs at Grady Lindler’s home for WCAY Radio
8/15 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
8/17 - Thursday Night - Old-Fashioned Baptist Camp Meeting, Columbia, SC
8/19 - Saturday Night - Old-Fashioned Baptist Camp Meeting, Columbia, SC
8/20 - Sunday Afternoon - Full Salvation Baptist Church, Columbia, SC
8/22 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
8/25 - Friday Night - First Nazarene Church in W. Columbia, SC - Revival Meeting
8/27 - Sunday - Sang at Aunt and Uncle’s home in Langley, SC
8/29 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
9/04 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
9/09 - Saturday - Roberson Reunion - Turbeville, SC, near Sumter, SC.
9/10 - Sang for Friends - One was Editor of the Lexington High “Wildcat” (He took a
picture of us and it was in the school paper.)
9/11 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
9/15 - Friday Night - Sunnyside Baptist Church, Leesville, SC - Revival
9/16 - Saturday Night - Sunnyside Baptist Church, Leesville, SC - Revival
9/17 - Sunday Night - Bethel Pentecostal Holiness Church, Saluda, SC
9/19 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
9/22 - Starday Studios, Nashville, TN - Cut record - Released on “Faith” Label
(Included: “Wings Of A Dove”, “Known Only To Him”, “Stand By Me” and
“Let Your Light So Shine”)
9/23 - Sang at Aunt and Uncle’s Home in Forest City, NC (We stopped by on way back
from Nashville, TN)
9/24 - Sunday Morning - Sandy Mountain Full Gospel Church, Cayce, SC
9/24 - Sunday Afternoon/Evening - Pine Ridge Church, Columbia, SC
9/26 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
10/1 - Sunday Afternoon - Faith Temple, N. Greenville, SC
10/1 - Sunday Night - Riverside Baptist Church, Harris, NC
10/3 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
10/8 - Sunday Night - Church of God, Manning, SC
10/10-WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
10/11-Wed. Night - Welcome Baptist Church, Cayce, SC - Revival Meeting
10/15- Sunday Morning - West Columbia Church of The Nazarene,
10/17- WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
10/20- Friday Night - First Savings Finance Co., Col., SC - New Opening w/Hired Hands
10/22- 4th Sunday Afternoon - Sunnyside Baptist Church, Leesville, SC
10/22-10/29 - Taylor’s Evangelical Methodist Church, Columbia, SC - Revival Meeting -
Rev. Cloer, Pastor
10/24- WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
10/28- Saturday Night - Winkler’s Grove Baptist Church, Hickory, NC, - Singing Conv.
10/29- Sunday Morning/Night - Taylor’s Evangelical Methodist Church, Columbia, SC
10/31- WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
11/12- Sunday Afternoon - Pools Bend Church of God, Glendale, SC
11/12- Sunday Night - Stone Station Baptist Church, Spartanburg, SC
11/14- WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Car
11/19- Sunday - All Day - W. Columbia Nazarene Church, Rev. Montgomery, Pastor
11/21- WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
11/21- Received our Records from Starday Records (Faith Label)
11/25- K & J Restaurant, Lexington, SC
11/28- WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
12/03- Sunday Morning - Riverside Baptist Church, Harris, NC
12/04- WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
12/09- Saturday - Fish Fry at Blythewood, SC
12/10- Sunday - Twin City Pentecostal Holiness Church, Batesburg, SC - Singing Conv.
12/11- Taped Radio Station Break, “Leave your radio on 1430 on your dial. For music,
news and weather, too. It‘s WBLR for you!” We also did one for WCAY Radio.
12/12- WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
12/16- Saturday Morning - WCAY Radio Station, Cayce, W. Col., SC, “The Reece Sisters’ Show
- (Our First show on WCAY Radio)
12/16 - Saturday Night - Lake City Barrinue Pentecostal Holiness Church, Barinnue
Crossroads, Lake City, SC
12/17- Sunday Morning - West Point Baptist Church, Rutherfordton, NC
12/19- WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
12/25- Christmas Day - Carver Family Reunion, Rutherfordton, NC
12/31- Watch Night Service at Taylor’s Evangelical Methodist Church, Columbia, SC
1962
1/07 - Sunday Morning - Faith Temple, North Greenville, SC
1/08 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
1/12 - Friday Night - Sang on Grand Ole Opry Show at Township Auditorium,
Columbia, SC with Kitty Wells, Johnny & Jack, Carl Smith, Bill Phillips, Buddy Spiker,
Tennessee Mountain Boys and more.
1/15 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
1/16 - Sang at Ole Folks’ Home, Pontiac, SC, near Blaney & Dentsville, SC
1/22 - Sang at American Legion Supper at American Legion Post 79, W. Columbia, SC
1/22 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
1/22 - WCAY Radio Station, Cayce, W. Columbia, SC - “The Reece Sisters’ Show”
1/27 - WCAY Radio Station, Cayce, W. Columbia, SC - “The Reece Sisters’ Show”
1/27 - Saturday Night - Great Falls High School - The Reece Sisters, Jack Tottle, and
The Broomes Brothers
1/29 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
2/03 - Saturday Night - Valdese Grammar School - with “The Arthur Smith Show”
2/06 - Rehearsed with The Country Squires, Greenville, SC
2/07 - Wednesday Night - Taylor’s Evangelical Methodist Church - Revival Meeting
2/10 - WCAY Radio Station - “The Reece Sisters’ Show” - Cayce, W. Columbia, SC
2/10 - Rehearsed with “The Country Squires, Greenville, SC
2/10 - WCAY Radio Station - “The Reece Sisters’ Show” - Cayce, W. Columbia, SC
2/11 - WLOS-TV - Asheville/Greenville w/the Country Squires for The March of Dimes
Telethon - 6:30 - 7:00 A.M.
2/17 - Saturday - Honor Society of American Legion at Jefferson Hotel, Columbia, SC,
with Snuffy Jenkins and Greasy Medlin of The Hired Hands
2/17 - Saturday Afternoon - WBLR Radio, Batesburg, SC - “The Reece Sisters’ Show”
2/17 - WCAY Radio, Cayce, W. Columbia, SC - “The Reece Sisters’ Show”
2/19 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
2/23 - Friday Afternoon - Brooklyn-Cayce Grammar School for Cub Scouts Banquet
2/23 - Friday Night - Taped WCAY Radio Program, “The Reece Sisters’ Show”
2/26 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
3/03 - WCAY Radio and WBLR Radio Programs - “The Reece Sisters’ Show”
3/05 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
3/10 - Saturday Afternoon - WBLR Radio, Batesburg, SC - “The Reece Sisters’ Show”
3/10 - WCAY Radio, Cayce, W. Columbia, SC
3/10 - WCKI Radio, Greer, SC
3/12 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
3/17 - WBLR & WCAY Radio Shows
3/19 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
3/24 - Edmonds High School, Sumter, SC with “The Hired Hands”
3/25 - Rehearsed with “The Country Squires”
3/26 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
3/30 - Taped WBLR Radio Program - “The Reece Sisters’ Show”
3/31 - WCKI Radio, Greer, SC
4/02 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
4/07 - Saturday Night - Blythewood High School - with The Broome Brothers and
Fred Williams and The Walling Sisters
4/09 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
4/13 - Friday Night - Full Salvation Baptist Church, Gilbert, SC - Revival 7:30 PM
4/14 - WBLR Radio, Batesburg, SC - 2:00 - 3:00 PM - “The Reece Sisters’ Show”
4/16 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
4/20 - Friday Night - Taylor Street Baptist Church, Rev. J. D. Atkins
4/22 - Easter Sunday - West Columbia Nazarene Church, W. Columbia, SC
Rev. P.D. Montgomery, Pastor
4/22 - Sunday Night - Sandy Mt. Full Salvation Church, near Columbia Water Works
4/23 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
4/24 - WBLR Radio - Batesburg, SC - 2:00 - 3:00 PM
WCKI Radio - Greer, SC
WLCM Radio - Lancaster, SC - 5:15 - 5:30 PM
Lancaster High School with Snuffy Jenkins, Greasy Medlin and Hired Hands
5/05 - WBLR Radio, Batesburg, SC - 2:00 3:00 PM
WCKI Radio, Greer, SC
5/07 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
5/11 - WBLR Radio - Batesburg, SC - Taped Show for Saturday Afternoon
5/14 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
5/16 - WBLR Radio, Batesburg, SC - 2:00 - 3:00 PM
5/28 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
6/02 - WBLR Radio, Batesburg, SC - 2:00 - 3:00 PM
WCKI Radio - Greer, SC
Saturday Evening - Salem High School with The Country Squires
6/03 - Sunday Morning - Taylor’s Evangelical Methodist Church, Columbia, SC
6/05 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morning TV Show “Carolina In Morning”
6/08 - R. L. Bryan Co. - Hites Pond - Barbecue with The Hired Hands
6/09 - Saturday Afternoon - WBLR Radio, Batesburg, SC - 2:00 - 3:00 PM
Saturday Night - Grand Old Opry Show at Township Auditorium, Columbia, SC,
With Ernest Tubb and The Texas Troubadours, Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper and
The Reece Sisters.
6/15 - Went to Nashville, TN to cut a new record at Starday Studios w/Studio Musicians:
Dean Manuel on piano and Pete Drake on steel guitar, etc. They were great!
Songs were: “Leave It Alone” and “A Memory And A Broken Heart”
6/16 - Was on Ernest Tubb Record Shop Show - WSM - w/Jim Reeves hosting. Met and
talked with many stars behind stage at Ryman Auditorium. They were real nice!
6/18 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped Sat. Morn. TV Show “Carolina In The Morning”
7/04 - Lexington County Peach Festival, Gilbert, SC
7/12 - Pal Theater, Louisville, GA, with The Country Squires
7/14 - White Plains Baptist Church, Mt. Airy, NC
7/15 - White Plains Baptist Church, Mt. Airy, NC
7/16 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped “Carolina In The Morning” w/ The Hired Hands
7/17 - WSPA-TV - Spartanburg, SC - with The Blue Ridge Quartet
7/23 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped “Carolina In The Morning” w/ The Hired Hands
8/05 - Sunday Morning - Providence Baptist Church, Batesburg, SC
8/06 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped “Carolina In The Morning” w/ The Hired Hands
8/08 - WLOS-TV, Asheville/Greenville, SC - First Show “Saturday Jamboree” with the
Country Squires, Pruitt Sisters, and Hometowners from Gastonia, NC
8/11 - Sat. Afternoon - WBLR Radio - The Reece Sisters’ Show - Live - 1 hour show
- Saturday Night - Lake City Ball Park - All Night Gospel Singing with The Blue Ridge
Quartet, Prophets Quartet and Senators Quartet.
8/13 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped “Carolina In The Morning” w/ The Hired Hands
8/18 - Sat. Afternoon - WBLR Radio - The Reece Sisters’ Show - Live - 1 hour show
8/20 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped “Carolina In The Morning” w/ The Hired Hands
8/25 - Sat. Afternoon - WBLR Radio - The Reece Sisters’ Show - Live - 1 hour show
8/27 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped “Carolina In The Morning” w/ The Hired Hands
9/01 - Sat. Afternoon - WBLR Radio - The Reece Sisters’ Show - Live - 1 hour show
9/03 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped “Carolina In The Morning” w/ The Hired Hands
9/08 - Sat. Afternoon - WBLR Radio - The Reece Sisters’ Show - Live - 1 hour show
9/12 - WLOS-TV, Asheville/Greenville - Channel 13 - “Saturday Jamboree” with The
Country Squires, Pruitt Sisters and The Hometowners from Gastonia, NC
9/15 - Sat. Afternoon - WBLR Radio - The Reece Sisters’ Show - Live - 1 hour show
with guest Jack Tottle from Alexandra, VA, and Mary Klamp from Batesburg, SC
9/17 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped “Carolina In The Morning” w/ The Hired Hands
9/22 - Sat. Afternoon - WBLR Radio - The Reece Sisters’ Show - Live - 1 hour show
9/24 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped “Carolina In The Morning” w/ The Hired Hands
9/27 - Andrews Theater in Bishopville, SC, with The Hired Hands (packed house)
9/29 - Sat. Afternoon - WBLR Radio - The Reece Sisters’ Show - Live - 1 hour show
10/2 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped “Carolina In The Morning” w/ The Hired Hands
10/6 - Sat. Afternoon - WBLR Radio - The Reece Sisters’ Show - Live - 1 hour show
10/9 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped “Carolina In The Morning” w/ The Hired Hands
10/12- Edmonds High School, Sumter, SC, with The Hired Hands, The Bel-Aires Quartet
and Pete Kiker
10/19- Pelion High School, Pelion, SC, with The Hired Hands
10/20- Reece Family moved to Greenville, SC. Marjorie went with them. Georgia and
Martha stayed in Columbia, SC
10/22- Practiced at Don McKiney’s with The Country Squires for WLOS-TV Show in
Greenville, SC
10/25- Taped two television shows: “Saturday Jamboree at WLOS-TV (Asheville/Gvl.)
In Greenville, SC - We sang “Success”, “Family Bible” and “I Am A Pilgrim”
10/29- Practiced at Don McKinney’s with the Country Squires for TV show, also The Pruitt Sisters
10/31- Martha’s Birthday (19 years old)
11/05- Georgia and Martha came up and we practiced at Don McKinney’s house with the
Country Squires for a TV Show on WLOS-TV with Pruitt Sisters
(received a nice letter from Jack Tottle)
11/08- Georgia and Martha came up to Greenville again and we practiced with
The Country Squires at Don McKinney’s home for upcoming appearance
on WLOS-TV (which was cancelled on 11/15)
11/10- Sat. Afternoon - WBLR Radio - The Reece Sisters’ Show - Live - 1 hour show
11/13- WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped “Carolina In The Morning” w/ The Hired Hands
11/15- Cancelled appearance on WLOS-TV
11/16- Marjorie came back to Columbia to live with Georgia and Martha
11/17- Sat. Afternoon - WBLR Radio - The Reece Sisters’ Show - Live - 1 hour show
11/20- WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped “Carolina In The Morning” w/ The Hired Hands
11/24- Georgia’s Birthday (21 years old)
11/24 - Sat. Afternoon - WBLR Radio - The Reece Sisters’ Show - Live - 1 hour show
11/25- Sunday Morning - Taylor’s Evangelical Methodist Church, Columbia, SC
12/01- Sat. Afternoon - WBLR Radio - The Reece Sisters’ Show - Live - 1 hour show
12/06- Thursday Evening - Andrews Theater, Bishopville, SC
12/08- Sat. Afternoon - WBLR Radio - The Reece Sisters’ Show - Live - 1 hour show
12/11- WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped “Carolina In The Morning” w/ The Hired Hands
12/14- Sang for a Barbecue Supper for the Columbia Fire Department and their families
12/15- Sat. Afternoon - WBLR Radio - The Reece Sisters’ Show - Live - 1 hour show
12/18- WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped “Carolina In The Morning” w/ The Hired Hands
12/22- Sat. Afternoon - WBLR Radio - The Reece Sisters’ Show - Live - 1 hour show
12/25- Went home to Greenville for Christmas
12/26- WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped “Carolina In The Morning” w/ The Hired Hands
12/29- Sat. Afternoon - WBLR Radio - The Reece Sisters’ Show - Live - 1 hour show
12/30- Went to Greenville, SC, and then to Asheville, NC
1963
1/01 - Spent New Year’s Day in our apartment in Columbia, SC, “Happy New Year!”
1/02 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped “Carolina In The Morning” w/ The Hired Hands
1/05 - Sat. Afternoon - WBLR Radio - The Reece Sisters’ Show - Live - 1 hour show
1/08 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped “Carolina In The Morning” w/ The Hired Hands
1/12 - Sat. Afternoon - WBLR Radio - The Reece Sisters’ Show - Live - 1 hour show
1/15 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped “Carolina In The Morning” w/ The Hired Hands
1/17 - Earlwood Park - Entertained for the Fire Department and their families
1/19 - Gilbert High School w/ Redd Reynolds and WBLR Radio Show
1/22 - WIS-TV, Columbia, SC - Taped “Carolina In The Morning” w/ The Hired Hands
1/25 - Conway High School with Red White and the Dixie Blue Grass Boys
3/30 - Batesburg-Leesville High School w/ Redd Reynolds, Jack McCartha and The “Jumping Jacks”
(NOTE: Below, begins our Road Tour with The Porter Wagoner Show during 1963 in Virginia,
Pennsylvania, Iowa and Minnesota, includes all of the Porter's Wagon Masters Band, Jimmy Martin
includes all of The Sunny Mountain Boys.)
3/31 - Reynolds Auditorium in Winston Salem, NC, with the Porter Wagoner Show, Shot Jackson,
Melba Montgomery, Lee Miles and George Hamilton, IV. (We did 2 shows here at
3:00 and 7:00 PM and had dinner at George Hamilton IV's home.)
4/02 - Roanoke, VA, Roanoke Armory with the Porter Wagoner Show including all of
those on the 3/31 show, plus Don Reno/Red Smiley and The Tennessee Cut-Ups.
5/20 - Altoona, PA, at the Shrine Mosque, locally known as Jaffe Mosque, Broad & 2nd Street
with Porter Wagoner Show and Hilo Brown.
5/21 - New Castle, PA, Rajah Theatre, 136 N. 6th, with the Porter Wagoner Show,
Norma Jean and Hilo Brown.
5/24 - York, PA, at William Penn High School with Porter Wagoner Show, Norma Jean
and Jimmy Martin.
June, 1963 - The Reece Sisters worked with promoters, Bruce and Dottie Freeman, on the following
show dates:
7/04 - Burlington, Iowa, with the Porter Wagoner Show, Norma Jean, Jimmy Martin and Lee Miles.
7/10 - Davenport, Iowa, at Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds with the Porter Wagoner Show,
Norma Jean and Jimmy Martin.
7/11 - Iowa City, Iowa at the 4-H Fairgrounds with the Porter Wagoner Show, Norma Jean,
Jimmy Martin and Paul Craft.
7/12 - Cedar Rapids, Iowa with the Porter Wagoner Show and Norma Jean.
7/13 - Dubuque, Iowa at Petrakis Park with The Porter Wagoner Show.
7/24 - Nashville, TN - Appeared on the Porter Wagoner Television Show. It was taped and
should be aired in September, 1963. Here we met Minnie Pearl, Little Jimmy Dickens,
Bill Anderson and Wanda Jackson.
8/24 - Reece Sisters were guests on the Cas Walker Show on KNOX radio in Knoxville, TN
8/31 - Reece Sisters were guests on the Cas Walker Radio and Television Shows in Knoxville, TN.
9/12 - Rochester, MN, City Auditorium with the Porter Wagoner Show, Norma Jean and
Jimmy Martin.
9/13 - Waterloo, Iowa, at City Auditorium with the Porter Wagoner Show, Norma Jean
and Jimmy Martin.
On October 31, 1963, Georgia and Martha were married in a double ceremony on Martha's birthday
and our Mom and Dad's wedding anniversary as well. The Reece Sisters retired then and are now living
full lives, raising some wonderful children and grandchildren.
1964
The Reece Sisters got together for a big Gospel Singing on May 30, Memorial Day Weekend in 1964:
05/30 - Saturday Night Gospel Singing at McConnells School House, McConnells, SC, with the Hardin-
Aires Quartet (Rock Hill, SC) and The Barnett Brothers Quartet (Spartanburg, SC), sponsored by the
McConnells Ruritan Club.
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