Ferman Dean Reed

Ferman Dean Reed

Ferman Dean Reed

1924-2015

Ferman Dean Reed, 90, Maryville, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, February 25, 2015, at Mosaic Life Care, Saint Joseph, Missouri.

Ferman was born December 16, 1924, in Quitman, Missouri to William Jennings and Mabel Percy (Lowe) Reed. He married Betty Culver Reed August 31, 1947, in Burlington Junction, Missouri.

Ferman served his country during World War II in the United States Navy.

He had worked at the Co-op Elevator and was a retired farmer.

A member and Deacon of Laura Street Baptist Church in Maryville, he also belonged to the Rolla Dicks American Legion Post #315, Burlington Junction, Missouri.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Betty Lou (Culver) Reed (September 19, 2014) and brothers Vernon, Emmett, William, and Lloyd Reed.

Ferman is survived by four children: Janet (Terry) Root, Saint Joseph, Missouri; Leon (Marilyn) Reed, Fairfax, Missouri; Leisa (Stan) Archer, Clarinda, Iowa; and Teresa (Al) Chavez, Kissee Mills, Missouri; five grandchildren: Corey (Sara) Root, Colin (Amanda) Root, Cody (Rachel) Root; Angela Keirsey, and Alex Archer; nine great-grandchildren; sister: Kathryn Benson, Fort Worth, Texas; two sisters-in-law: Wanda Reed, Burlington Junction, Missouri and Josephine Reed, Maryville; and several nieces and nephews.

Visitation is 2:00-4:00 p.m., Sunday, March 1, 2015, Price Funeral Home, Maryville.

Funeral Services will be 10:30 a.m., Monday, March 2, 2015, Laura Street Baptist Church, Maryville, with burial in Ohio Cemetery, Burlington Junction, Missouri.

Memorials may be made to the Laura Street Baptist Church Building Fund, 120 South Laura, Maryville, MO 64468.

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