Alice Greene Reed
January 8, 1917 — July 10, 2009
Alice Greene Reed
Alice Margaret Greene Reed, 92, died peacefully on Friday, July 10, at Preston Place in Kingsport from complications following a recent heart attack.
Alice Reed was the fourth of five daughters of Bessie and Floyd Greene. Born in Hornell, New York, she grew up in Rochester, New York. She majored in English literature at the University of Rochester, where she was asked to join Phi Beta Kappa in her junior year. After teaching high school English for two years, she married Shelton Reed. They lived in New York City for four years before Dr. Reed entered military service, and they moved to his hometown of Kingsport in 1946.
Mrs. Reed loved reading and gardening. She belonged to the Kingsport Junior Book Club and to the Little House and Garden Club. She served on the Kingsport Public Library Commission and the Kingsport Symphony Committee. She also enjoyed her family antiques and genealogical research, and belonged to the Long Island chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Association for the Preservation of Antiquities. She was a parishioner of St. Paul's Episcopal Church for over sixty years, and was active in the Altar Guild.
She is survived by her husband of 69 years, Dr. John Shelton Reed of Kingsport; a sister, Margaret Kindig, of Pittsford, New York; her children and their spouses, John and Dale Reed of Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Lisa Alther of Burlington, Vermont; William and Cici Reed of Asheville, North Carolina; Michael and Kathy Reed of Kingsport, Tennessee; and Jane and Greg Shaw of Charlottesville, Virginia; and seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
The family would like to express a special thanks to Dr. Lesley Jones, her long-time physician, and Nina White, her caregiver, for their wonderful loving care.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that friends send contributions to the charities of their choice.
A memorial service will be held at 3 pm Tuesday, August 11th, at St. Paul's Episcopal Church. The family will receive friends immediately following the memorial service at the church.
Alice Reed was the fourth of five daughters of Bessie and Floyd Greene. Born in Hornell, New York, she grew up in Rochester, New York. She majored in English literature at the University of Rochester, where she was asked to join Phi Beta Kappa in her junior year. After teaching high school English for two years, she married Shelton Reed. They lived in New York City for four years before Dr. Reed entered military service, and they moved to his hometown of Kingsport in 1946.
Mrs. Reed loved reading and gardening. She belonged to the Kingsport Junior Book Club and to the Little House and Garden Club. She served on the Kingsport Public Library Commission and the Kingsport Symphony Committee. She also enjoyed her family antiques and genealogical research, and belonged to the Long Island chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Association for the Preservation of Antiquities. She was a parishioner of St. Paul's Episcopal Church for over sixty years, and was active in the Altar Guild.
She is survived by her husband of 69 years, Dr. John Shelton Reed of Kingsport; a sister, Margaret Kindig, of Pittsford, New York; her children and their spouses, John and Dale Reed of Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Lisa Alther of Burlington, Vermont; William and Cici Reed of Asheville, North Carolina; Michael and Kathy Reed of Kingsport, Tennessee; and Jane and Greg Shaw of Charlottesville, Virginia; and seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
The family would like to express a special thanks to Dr. Lesley Jones, her long-time physician, and Nina White, her caregiver, for their wonderful loving care.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that friends send contributions to the charities of their choice.
A memorial service will be held at 3 pm Tuesday, August 11th, at St. Paul's Episcopal Church. The family will receive friends immediately following the memorial service at the church.
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