NAME: ROSS REED , AGE 89, A LIFELONG PARKER - PINE COMMUNITY RESIDENT. BORN: OCTOBER 4, 1914 AT PARKER, COAL COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO WALTER RILEY AND BERTHA MAE (ROGERS) REED. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, JULY 6, 2004 IN COALGATE, OK. AGE: 89 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 2 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED LEGAL AND LONESTAR SCHOOL AND ATTENDED MANY SEMINARS & TRAINING THROUGH HIS WORK AS ELECTION BOARD SECRETARY. MARRIED: BESSIE B. HUGHES ON JULY 9, 1938 AT PARKER, COAL COUNTY, OK. OCCUPATION: 27 YEARS FOR ASCS, COAL COUNTY, LIFELONG RANCHER & FARMER AND WAS ON THE SOIL CONSERVATION BOARD FOR 30 YEARS. HE SERVED ON PINE AND COALGATE SCHOOL BOARD FOR SEVERAL YEARS, SERVED AS THE COAL COUNTY ELECTION BOARD SECRETARY FOR 30 YEARS. HE WAS THE OLDEST ELECTION BOARD SECRETARY, AT THE TIME OF HIS RETIREMENT, IN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA. HE LOVED QUAIL HUNTING, FISHING, AND DRIVING AROUND LOOKING AT THE COUNTRY. SURVIVED BY WIFE: BESSIE REED OF THE HOME AT PARKER. CHILDREN: KERMA PARRETT AND HUSBAND BOB OF ATLANTA, GA. ALVA REED AND WIFE DORIS OF MOORE, OK. CALVIN REED AND WIFE EMMA OF MUSTANG, OK. GEORGE REED AND WIFE LINDA OF MOORE, OK. JIM REED AND WIFE PEGGY OF PAULS VALLEY, OK. LOGAN REED AND WIFE BRENDA OF COALGATE, OK. MYRTLE LILES AND DAVID OF MCKINNEY, TX. 16 GRANDCHILDREN, 19 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. SISTER: ROZEL WILSON OF TULSA, OK. SISTER-IN-LAW: LOVETA REED OF SPERRY, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: WALTER RILEY AND BERTHA MAE (JULY, 1980) REED. SISTER: RUTH WOODS. BROTHER: RAYMOND REED.

DATE OF SERVICE: FRIDAY, JULY 9, 2004 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICE: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ COALGATE, OK. INTERMENT: PINE CEMETERY, NORTH COAL COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV.BOB GRAHAM. CASKETBEARERS: BRENT PARRETT, STEVE PARRETT, DAVID REED, JEFF REED, GREG REED, JASON REED, STEWART REED.