He was born Dec. 16, 1922, in Rural Newton County to Willie Lee and Ina (Meador) Reed. He worked in Masonary Construction for various contractors and was a member of the Belfast Baptist Church located west of Neosho. He married Peggy Pauline McMillen March 3, 1951, in Eureka Springs, Ark.
He was preceded in death by: his parents; and three brothers, I. Lee Reed, J. Ben Reed and Jack Reed.
Survivors include: his wife, Peggy; one son, Freddie Dale Reed and his wife, Janice, of Cedar, Minn.; three sisters, Marie Kraft and her husband, Lewis, of Neosho, Elizabeth Harden and her husband, Everet, of Wichita, Kan., and Mary E. Clark, of Ash Flats, Ark.; two grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Funeral services were held Saturday, at the Wheaton Funeral Home in Wheaton.
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