Frank Shinehouse Reiff

Frank Shinehouse Reiff passed in peace Monday, April 20, 2015, at the age of 98. Services will be 2pm Wednesday, April 22, 2015 in the Chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home with Rev. Mike Stephens officiating. Entombment will follow at Cheatham Hill Memorial Park in Marietta. Preceded in death by his wife, Marian H. Reiff. Loving Father to Gloria Colley (now deceased), and Frank Saylor Reiff. Proud grandfather of Joshua Reiff, Elizabeth Harkness, Rebekah Hanson, Mary Jesup, Katy Dallas, Zack Strickland, Jenny Camp, Jaimy Rush, Holly Church, Kelly Salama, Barry Colley and Doug Allen (now deceased). Survived by 26 great grandchildren: Hunter Reiff, Alyssa Harkness, Grayden Harkness, Annabelle Hanson, Lawson Reiff, Caleb Reiff, Cooper Medley, Ally Medley, Courtney Cowart, Benjamin Cheatham, Nathan Cheatham, Tyler Benner, Samuel Salama, Benjamin Salama, Brianna Colley, Brittany Colley, Erica Allen, Wren Allen, Gabriel Cowart, Emerson Cowart, Sawyer Cowart, Wyatt Dallas, Alyssa Barone, Allie Barone, Sidnee Cheatham and Lukas Cheatham.
Frank will be fondly remembered by family and friends for his continuous love, wisdom, humor and his ability to minister to the most withered soul. A man of this stature certainly leaves a legacy that will live on forever.

“Against my sky there stood an oak tree, grand and high,
and when it fell it left a blank space in the sky.
But I consoled myself to find beneath, alive,
a hundred tiny oaks where that strong friend once thrived.
And acorns that it cast, produced from fertile ground,
for half a century, oaks, for half a mile around.
Always, oak trees that great, leave blank spots in the sky,
and it’s not wrong to miss them and it’s not wrong to cry.

But I rejoice in this: Although my tall tree broke,
this countryside is blessed and springing up with oaks.”

The family will receive friends at the funeral home Wednesday, April 22, 2105 from 10am until the time of service.