Walter Mcdavid Reed

Mr. Walter McDavid Reed, age 83, of Albany, formerly of Americus, passed away on Wednesday evening, March 18, in Dawson Manor. Graveside services will be conducted at 4:00 PM on Saturday, March 21, in Oak Grove Cemetery with Rev. James Smith officiating. The family will receive friends at Hancock Funeral Home from 4:00 until 6:00 PM on Friday, March 20. The family members suggest that memorial contributions might be made to the First United Methodist Church of Americus, P.O. Box 1092, Americus, GA 31709. Born December 14, 1925, in Auburn, AL, Mr. Reed is a son of the late Carl Christopher Reed and Ruby Gladney Reed. He served with the U.S. Air Force during World War II, and is a member and former commander of the Americus chapter of the American Legion. He is a member of the First United Methodist Church of Americus. He served as a flight instructor and a crop duster, and later as an aircraft instructor and a math instructor at South Georgia Tech from which he retired. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Eugenia "Gene" Reed, of Albany; two daughters and a son-in-law, Becky Reed Cox of Sylvester, and Judy Carol and Ron Nelson of Anchorage, Alaska; two sons and a daughter-in-law, David and Karen Reed of Jacksonville, FL, and Danny Reed of Ft. Worth, TX; a sister and brother-in-law, Virginia and Reid Ivens of Maryville, TN; grandchildren, Ryan Cox of Brunswick, Leah and Mandt Stump, of Albany, Melissa Reed and Daniel Reed, both of Jacksonville, FL. He was preceded in death by a son-in-law, "Buddy" Cox of Sylvester. Hancock Funeral Home, 427 South Lee Street, Americus, GA, is in charge of arrangements.