“Alumni weekend was a special weekend for everyone involved,” said Shorter University President Dr. Don Dowless. “We were able to welcome and announce our Distinguished Alumni and present them with their awards. This year’s award winners exhibit excellent qualities and are helping our university move forward. We are blessed and honored to have such amazing alumni.”

The luncheon took place in Eubanks Room on Shorter’s campus. Ben Geiger, a junior Music Education major, and Hannah Frost joined us for the event and performed two musical pieces. Student volunteers helped serve all our special guests and were able to talk with the alumni. Dr. Dowless and Dr. Ben Bruce then presented each alumni winner their award. Alumni were given time to express what their awards meant to them and explained the impact Shorter University has made on their lives.

Alice Reeves photographed with Shorter President, Dr. Dowless.

Alice Reeves is a 1984 graduate and received the Distinguished Alumni Award. This award is presented in recognition of outstanding personal achievement, public service, or accomplishment.

Alice is a native of Fayette County, Georgia; the fifth generation of her family to call the county home.  She holds a bachelor’s degree from Shorter College and a master’s degree from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

2023 marked the 25th Anniversary of her company, Accounting Resources. The business has grown from a home-based business with just a few clients, to a thriving practice of over 750 clients!

In 2008 the Fayette County Chamber of Commerce awarded the Small Business of the Year award to Accounting Resources.  In 2021, she received the chamber’s highest honor, Outstanding Businessperson of the Year.

She served as the President of the Fayette County Historical Society from 2008 to 2021.  Because of her work with the Fayette County Historical Society, Alice was awarded the 2019 Award for Local History Advocacy from The Georgia Historical Records Council.   This state-wide award honored her for advancing our local history.

She has been a board member and officer of the Coweta-Fayette EMC Trust Board from 2006-2010 and 2016- 2022.  She is currently on the credentialing committee.

From 2016 to 2020, she served as the Treasurer, Vice President, and President for the McIntosh Charter Chapter of the American Businesswomen’s Association.  In 2019 Alice was honored as the Woman of the Year for the McIntosh Charter Chapter.

In 2019, she was appointed by the Fayette County Board of Commissioners to serve on the Fayette County Public Facilities Authority and continues in that position.

Alice and her husband, Bob, are members of New Hope Baptist Church, where they mentor high school seniors as they prepare for college.

Alice Reeves, President of the Fayette County Historical Society received the 2019 Award for Local History Advocacy from the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Council.

This award has been received in the past by other Fayette County Historical Society board members: Tony Parrott (2015), Bobby Kerlin (2016) and John Lynch (2017). As part of The University System of Georgia, the GHRAC established the Archives Awards Program to recognize outstanding efforts in archives and records programs in Georgia

Bob’s community involvement includes his service on numerous boards.  Selected as Treasurer of the Atlanta Regional Commission, he serves as the Citizen Representative for Fayette County.  He is a member and secretary/treasurer of the Regional Business Coalition.  He is Chair of the Coweta Fayette EMC Trust Board and a member of the Fayette Senior Services Board.  He has fulfilled his term on the Fayette County Chamber Board but continues to serve as the Chair of the Government Affairs Committee.

In business since 1998 with his wife, Alice, Accounting Resources provides bookkeeping, payroll processing and tax preparation for individuals and small business.

The Small Business of the Year Award is given to recognize exemplary business practices and innovation of Fayette small businesses.

The winner of the 2008 Small Business of the Year Award in the 1-10 employees category was Accounting Resources, owned by Bob and Alice Reeves of Fayetteville. Accounting Resources began in 1998 and have since grown to over 400 individual and corporate clients.

Alice believes the business fills a unique niche in the community, providing accounting services to small businesses that don’t have the resources to hire a full-time employee.

Customer service is high on their list of priorities, and Alice will often flex her schedule to meet the needs of her clients, many times going to client locations during off-hours.