John Reed
March 23, 1931 — December 26, 2007
John Reed
John Sandy Reed was called home at 8:55 a.m. Wednesday, December 26, 2007, after a courageous battle with cancer.
Mr. Reed served in the U. S. Air Force from 1949-1954. He was then hired by Tennessee Eastman Company in 1955 and retired from the Research Department in 1991.
Surviving are his wife, Mary Reed of the home; two daughters, Carolyn Moncier and husband, Hal, Knoxville, Tennessee and Jayne Bishop, Kingsport; one son, Michael Reed and wife, Linda, Church Hill; and three beloved grandsons, Travis and Christopher Bishop and Martin Reed Moncier.
The family will receive friends Sunday from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Homes, Kingsport. Funeral services will follow at 7:00 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home with Rev. Ralph M. Kidd officiating.
Graveside services will be conducted at 10:00 a.m. Monday at Mountain Home National Cemetery with military graveside rites by American Legion Post #3/285. Honorary pallbearers will be Roger Reed and the Lamar High School class of 1949.
Memorial contributions may be made to American Cancer Society, c/o Wanda Grills, 1217 Radcliffe Avenue, Kingsport, TN 37664 or the American Diabetes Association, P. O. Box 3952, Kingsport, TN 37664.
Mr. Reed served in the U. S. Air Force from 1949-1954. He was then hired by Tennessee Eastman Company in 1955 and retired from the Research Department in 1991.
Surviving are his wife, Mary Reed of the home; two daughters, Carolyn Moncier and husband, Hal, Knoxville, Tennessee and Jayne Bishop, Kingsport; one son, Michael Reed and wife, Linda, Church Hill; and three beloved grandsons, Travis and Christopher Bishop and Martin Reed Moncier.
The family will receive friends Sunday from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Homes, Kingsport. Funeral services will follow at 7:00 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home with Rev. Ralph M. Kidd officiating.
Graveside services will be conducted at 10:00 a.m. Monday at Mountain Home National Cemetery with military graveside rites by American Legion Post #3/285. Honorary pallbearers will be Roger Reed and the Lamar High School class of 1949.
Memorial contributions may be made to American Cancer Society, c/o Wanda Grills, 1217 Radcliffe Avenue, Kingsport, TN 37664 or the American Diabetes Association, P. O. Box 3952, Kingsport, TN 37664.
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