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‘A warm smile, a big heart’

Statesboro High family honors O.J. Reese, who died Friday

Family, friends and classmates of O.J. Reese pay tribute to the Statesboro High student and basketball player on Monday, July 13. Reese died while playing AAU basketball last week.

reese — Family, friends and classmates of O.J. Reese pay tribute to the Statesboro High student and basketball player on Monday, July 13. Reese died while playing AAU basketball last week.

Friends and family members gathered Monday to say farewell to Statesboro High student Ojaryn “O.J.” Reese, a member of the Blue Devil basketball team, who would have been a senior at Statesboro. Reese died Friday afternoon after collapsing in the middle of a basketball game in the Atlanta area.

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