Harold Philmon Reeves (January 28, 1923—February 3, 2009) was an American clergyman in Texas who served as the first missionary to Thailand from the Southern Baptist Convention. Reeves and his wife, the former Rose Lengefeld, established two congregations and an English-language ministry now known as the Baptist Student Center in Bangkok. The work in Thailand led to his designation as the Asian representative for the Southern Baptist Convention Radio and Television Mission, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas,
Reeves died in a Lubbock hospital of a heart attack six days after his 86th birthday. In addition to his wife, he was survived by two daughters, Ahnna R. Parker and her husband, Dr. William Parker, of Lubbock, and Sara R. Singleton and her husband, Tim Singleton, of Huntsville, Alabama, and four grandchildren. Services were held at the First Baptist Church on Broadway Street in Lubbock. Burial followed at Resthaven Memorial Park.<ref name=obit/>
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