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James Auston Reed
26 Sep 1919 – 19 May 2010
| Birth | 26 Sep 1919 |
| Death | 19 May 2010 |
| Cemetery | Jimtown Cemetery Jimtown , Love County , Oklahoma , USA |
| Added by | Jack Roberts on 23 May 2010 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52647893 |
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James Auston Reed, 90, Ardmore, auto mechanic, truck driver/wrecker service, died May, 19, 2010. Services 2 p.m. Monday, Flanagan-Watts Funeral Home Chapel. Marietta, OK — Services for James Auston Reed of Ardmore, Okla., formerly of Marietta, Okla., will be at 2 p.m. Monday, May 24, 2010, in the Flanagan-Watts Funeral Home Chapel, Marietta, with Rev. Angela Harrison officiating. Interment with military honors will follow in the Jimtown Cemetery, Jimtown, Okla., under the direction of Flanagan-Watts Funeral Home & Cremation Services. Mr. Reed was born September 26, 1919, at Leon, Okla., the son of Jim and Lola Martin Reed. He passed away Wednesday, May 19, in Mercy Memorial Health Center, Ardmore, at the age of 90, the last of 15 siblings. Mr. Reed had been a resident of Love County most of his life, just recently moving to Ardmore to make his home. He and Maxine Hicks were married October 30, 1948, in Gainesville, Texas. A veteran of World War II, Mr. Reed served in the U.S. Army from March 1941 to November 1945. He served 2 ½ years overseas in campaigns in the Rhineland, Ardennes, Northern France and Central Europe and was awarded the Good Conduct Medal, the EAME Theater Ribbon and Four Bronze Service Stars, the Bronze Star Medal, the American Theater Ribbon, the American Defense Service Ribbon and the WWII Victory Ribbon. Mr. Reed was also recognized for his qualifications with a marksman rifle in October 1943. He was a member of the Burch Bros. Post of the American Legion. Mr. Reed was an auto mechanic and also worked as a truck driver and operated a wrecker service. Auston also worked for the Ford company until the couple became owners and operators of a Texaco service and repair station on Hwy 77 in Marietta. They eventually moved the service station to the southeast corner of Hwy 32 and I-35. He enjoyed traveling and watching his grandchildren participate in sporting events, especially watching Chase race motor cross and Paige play softball. Mr. Reed was of the Protestant faith. Preceding him in death were his parents; two grandchildren, Chad Lewis Reed and Blair Reed; and a great-grandchild, Auston Gage Reed. He is survived by his wife, Maxine Reed of the home; a son and daughter-in-law, Steve and Cindy Reed of Lone Grove, Okla.; a daughter, Monica Reed of Ardmore; and two grandchildren, Chase Reed and Paige Reed. Serving as bearers will be Robin Hicks, Shane Hicks, Gaither Hicks, Darrell Reed, Raymond Reed and Don Reed. Honorary bearers are George Mechler, Shane Dodson, Leon Brown and John McBride. Arrangements entrusted to Flanagan-Watts Funeral Home.
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- Lester Carmichael Reed 1899–1962
- Hettie Reed 1900–1914
- Frank L. Reed 1902–1989
- Lillie V. Reed Reed 1904–1997
- Andy J. Reed 1906–1994
- Elmer R. "T" Reed 1910–1981
- Alfred Clifton Reed 1912–1987
- Ruby Reed Miller 1913–1997
- Hershel Butler Reed 1915–1982
- Arthur Reed 1917–1917
- Artie Valton Reed 1921–1927
- Herman Alvie Reed 1923–2006
- Burl Reed 1925–1992
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