John Shelton Reed's Mom

Barbara, this is the mother of John Reed who graduated with us in 1960. Cris Moorehouse
Alice Margaret Greene Reed 92 died peacefully on Friday, July 10, 2009.
Born in Hornell, NY on Jan. 8, 1917
Resided in Kingsport, TN and Departed on Jul. 10, 2009 at Preston Place in Kingsport from complications following a recent heart attack.
Alice Reed was the fourth of five daughters of Bessie and Floyd Greene.
Born in Hornell, New York, she grew up in Rochester, New York.
She majored in English literature at the University of Rochester,

where she was asked to join Phi Beta Kappa in her junior year. After
teaching high school English for two years, she married Shelton Reed.
They lived in New York City for four years before Dr. Reed entered
military service, and they moved to his hometown of Kingsport in 1946.

Mrs. Reed loved reading and gardening. She belonged to the Kingsport
Junior Book Club and to the Little House and Garden Club. She served
on the Kingsport Public Library Commission and the Kingsport Symphony
Committee. She also enjoyed her family antiques and genealogical
research, and belonged to the Long Island chapter of the Daughters of
the American Revolution and the Association for the Preservation of
Antiquities. She was a parishioner of St. Paul s Episcopal Church
for over sixty years, and was active in the Altar Guild.

She is survived by her husband of 69 years, Dr. John Shelton Reed of
Kingsport; a sister, Margaret Kindig, of Pittsford, New York; her
children and their spouses, John and Dale Reed of Chapel Hill, North
Carolina; Lisa Alther of Burlington, Vermont; William and Cici Reed of
Asheville, North Carolina; Michael and Kathy Reed of Kingsport,
Tennessee; and Jane and Greg Shaw of Charlottesville, Virginia; and
seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

The family would like to express a special thanks to Dr. Lesley Jones,
her long-time physician, and Nina White, her caregiver, for their
wonderful loving care.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that friends send contributions to
the charities of their choice.

A memorial service will be announced at a future date.

God bless us everyone!

BC