Memorials › Julius Dalton "JD" Reatherford
1 Apr 1918 – 11 Oct 2009
| Birth | 1 Apr 1918 |
| Death | 11 Oct 2009 |
| Cemetery | Cedarlawn Memorial Park Sherman , Grayson County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Jackie M. Isham, Sr. on 13 Oct 2009 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43034374 |
Reatherford, J.D. J. D. Reatherford, retired building contractor, died Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009 at Texoma Specialty Care Center in Denison at the age of 91 1/2 years old. Services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009 in the Waldo Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Jason Anderson, pastor of Trinity Baptist Church in Sherman, will officiate. Burial will follow at Cedarlawn Memorial Park. J. D. was born April 1, 1918 in the Dixie community north of Whitesboro, the son of Maggie and A.C. Reatherford. He attended school in Prosper and Vineygrove and married Kathryn Maxwell on Dec. 22, 1938 in McKinney. They celebrated 70 years of marriage in 2008. He was a home builder in Sherman for forty years and was past president of the Home Builders Association. He also built numerous business buildings in the area, such as the sanctuary at Trinity Baptist Church where he was a member for several years. J. D. and Kathryn loved to fish and travel and spent many hours on Lake Texoma. He was an active member of Trinity Baptist Church where he served as a deacon and taught Sunday school for many years. He will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him. He is survived by his wife Kathryn, a resident of Texoma Specialty Care Center in Denison; son, Charles Reatherford of Florida; daughter, Joyce Givens and husband Mike of Denison; five grandchildren, Leslie and Art Butterworth of Denison, James and Stacey Reatherford of Florida, Roger and Janet Robertson of Sadler, Marsha and Jason Phillips of Sadler and Charles Reatherford Jr. of Arizona; also survived by nine great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; son, David Reatherford; brothers, Jack Reatherford and Doris Reatherford; and sisters, Etta Mae Commons and Noka Lee Cody. The family will receive friends from 6 -8 p.m. Tuesday at Waldo Funeral Home. The online guest register can be signed at waldofuneralhome.com. Published in The Herald Democrat on 10/13/2009
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