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IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Dr. Michael Lang

Dr. Michael Lang Reeves Profile Photo

Reeves

May 11, 1944 – June 14, 2026

Funeral Services

Visitation

June
19

Fairhope United Methodist Church

155 South Section Street, Fairhope, AL 36532

Starts at 1:00 pm (Central time)

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Funeral Service

June
19

Fairhope United Methodist Church

155 South Section Street, Fairhope, AL 36532

Starts at 2:00 pm (Central time)

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Obituary

  1. It is with somber reverence that we announce the loss of Dr. Michael Lang
  2. Reeves on June 14, 2026, at the age of 82. After a long battle with COPD and
  3. Congestive Heart Failure, Doc went peacefully with friends and family by his
  4. side, and now rests in the loving arms of our Lord.

  6. Michael L. Reeves was born May 11, 1944, into the Baptist church, the son of
  7. George W. Reeves, a north Alabama coal miner, and his wife Evelyn M.
  8. Douglas. After graduating high school, he served six years in the U.S. Army
  9. Reserve with the 883rd Quartermaster Company in Sheffield, Alabama,
  10. receiving an Honorable Discharge in 1972. He then earned his Bachelor of
  11. Science from the University of North Alabama before answering his calling to
  12. medicine at the Facultad de Medicina of the University of Michoacán in
  13. Mexico, where he also became fluent in Spanish. He completed the Fifth
  14. Pathway program at Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, and
  15. his internship and residency at the State University of New York at Stony
  16. Brook.

  18. Licensed in New York in 1981 and in Alabama in 1982, Michael devoted his
  19. life’s work to the people of Alabama. He practiced family medicine from 1982
  20. to 1994 before turning his heart to geriatric care, a field he served faithfully
  21. for the rest of his career. He was President of Continuity Health Care, Inc.,
  22. worked with Accountability Health Care, and served as Practice Group Leader
  23. for IPC Alabama. In 2003 he earned his Certified Medical Director credential
  24. through the American Medical Directors Association, and for nearly three
  25. decades he served as Medical Director of Capitol Hill Health & Rehabilitation
  26. in Montgomery.

  28. He gave generously of himself to his profession. Holding privileges at Jackson
  29. Hospital in Montgomery and Crestwood Medical Center in Huntsville, he
  30. served at Jackson Hospital on the Emergency Room, Ethics, and Infectious
  31. Disease committees; chaired the Quality Assurance Committee and the
  32. Department of Family Practice; and rose to serve as Chief of Staff. He sat on
  33. the Board of Directors and served as President of the Alabama Medical
  34. Directors Association, and was a member of the American Academy of Family
  35. Physicians, the American Medical Directors Association, the Alabama Medical
  36. Association, and the Montgomery County Medical Association. He also
  37. mentored the next generation as a Preceptor in the 
  38. Montgomery FamilyPractice Residency Program and lent his voice 
  39. to several health care speaker bureaus.

  41. Beyond medicine, Michael had many passions. In his youth he was an avid
  42. runner and football player. As a true son of the state, he loved Alabama
  43. football his whole life. He appreciated nature and craft; he built furniture and
  44. worked wood by hand, loved and collected art, loved music — from country
  45. and blues to opera — farmed, gardened, and found joy in all of it. He was a
  46. man who lived many lives, from a high school quarterback, to a youth of the
  47. ’60s hitchhiking across the country, to a doctor in Mexico, New York,
  48. Alabama, and across the Southeast. 

  50. He was a husband, a father, a businessman, a grandfather, and above all,
  51. a friend to anyone in need of one.
  52. It was his shameless curiosity, his humor, his nomadic spirit, and his
  53. remarkable love for people that we will remember most. May we take him
  54. with us, not just in memory, but in how we live day to day.

  56. He is survived by his three daughters Kathryn (Eric), Rachael (Tommy), and
  57. Alexandra; his five surviving grandchildren Tori, Zac, Lucy, Rye, and Trey; his
  58. loving life partner and nurse Robbin Runels; his godchildren Charles “Trey”
  59. (Erin), Will, and Luke (Clara); his beloved God-grandchildren Wystan and
  60. Cian; his daily four-legged companions, Chanel (predeceased November 25,
  61. 2025) and the latest addition to the family, Sophie girl.

  63. A visitation will be held from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m., followed by a funeral service
  64. at 2:00 p.m., on Friday, June 19, 2026, at Fairhope United Methodist
  65. Church, 155 South Section Street, Fairhope, Alabama 36532.


  1. ARRANGEMENTS BY
  2. WOLFE-BAYVIEW
  3. FUNERAL HOMES
  4. & CREMATORY, INC.
  5. 19698 GREENO RD.
  6. FAIRHOPE, AL
  7. (251)990-7775
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