Memorial Services for Cecil E. Reed, age 76 of Branson will be held 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 18, 2014 at The Sanctuary of Hope with Pastor Sam Kaunley officiating, Burial will be held at a later date at Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Springfield. Arrangements are under the direction of Greenlawn Funeral Home of Branson.
He died at 9:35 a.m., Monday, January 13, 2014 at Cox Medical Center Branson.
HE was born on July 18, 1937 in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Harold Cecil Reed, Sr. and Beulah Hertzberg Reed. He was a retired Union Representative for TWA and a veteran of The United States Air Force. He had been a resident of the area for the past 12 years.
He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Patricia Reed of Branson, MO., three children: Troy Reed of Corona, CA., Jennifer Perez of Long Beach, CA., Amy Suzanne Vaughn of Smithville, MO., four siblings: Harold Reed, Jr. of Nixa, MO., Ronald Reed of Fairhaven, MO., Susan Maples of Schell City, MO., Deborah McKinley of Hume, MO., seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Bill Kelso.