Operated by Union County, Byron Herbert Reece Farm Events is a great place to come and learn about Herbert Reece and explore the land on which he was born and raised. Byron Herbert Reece, often called "Hub," was born on September 14, 1917, in the Choestoe District of Union County, Georgia. In the 40 plus years of his life, he worked hard as a subsistence farmer on his family's Appalachian homestea
d. His love of literature and gift for writing emerged in childhood, and over the course of his life, Reece produced four volumes of poetry and two novels to critical acclaim. Ravaged by tuberculosis and depleted by the demands of a livelihood with low monetary returns, he committed suicide on June 3, 1958.