Glenna Belle Reed's Obituary
GROOM SERVICES- 2:00 pm Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at the Groom Church of Christ with Glen Walton and Sam Line officiating. INTERMENT - Jericho Cemetery at Jericho. Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon. Glenna was born July 18, 1929 to Benton and Etta Mae Shields in Collingsworth County. She graduated from Quail High School in 1946 and Abilene Christian College in 1951. She taught first grade in both Whiteface and Groom. Glenna married Tom Reed on May 22, 1956 and they moved to Jericho in 1959 and then to Groom in 1972. She faithfully attended the Groom Church of Christ. She and Tom were foster parents for High Plains Children’s Home for at least 18 infants. She assisted Tom in running Jericho Gas Station and hay baling. Mrs. Reed was preceded in death by her parents; her son, Kent Dale in 2008; and her son Ronny Ray in 1969. Survivers include her husband, Tom of Groom; her daughter, Donna Cattaneo and husband Mike, of Amarillo; her son, Thomas Reed and wife Lisa, of Friona and their children Shayli, Sawyer, Stetson, and Teri; her daughter-in-law, Kellye Reed of Claude and her children Kaci and Mitchel Bailey, and Kyndal; her son, Cary Reed and wife Lisa, of Justin, TX and their children Autumn and Michelle; her daughter, Angie Reed of Canyon, and her fiance Joey Koontz, and children Yardli and Zac; her brother, Jimmie Shields and wife Carolyn of Pringle, TX; her brother, Leon Shields and wife Sylvia of Vinson, OK; her brother, Lonnie Shields and wife Le Ann or Spearman; and her sister, Bonnie Harland and husband Ernest of Oxford, MS. CASKET BEARERS - Her grandsons and nephews. Viewing in Groom will be Wednesday from 11:00 AM until Service time. MEMORIALS- The family suggests memorials to High Plains Children’s Home, PO Box 7448, Amarillo, TX 79114-7448; or Groom EMS, PO Box 217, Groom, TX 79039.
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