Patricia Yarborough was born July 27, 1947 at Carlisle Barracks, PA, where her father was attending the US Army War College. Her father, Lieutenant General William P. Yarborough, designed the US Army parachute wings in 1941 and was declared the Father of the Modern Green Berets by the US Army at the time of his death in December 2005. Her mother was Norma Mae Tuttle, a former Miss Topeka Kansas, who died in July 1999. Patricia graduated from Fayetteville (NC) High School in 1965 and was crowned Miss Fayetteville that same year. She graduated from Incarnate Word College, San Antonio, Texas, with a BA in Education and from Lesley University with a MA in Education. Patricia,an award-winning artist in both paint and pottery, taught art in secondary schools for over 30 year, with her final position at Eastern Point Day School in Gloucester, MA.

Patricia, who married career army officer John F. Reed, Jr. lived in many places including Bad Toelz, Germany; Vicenza, Italy; Honolulu, Hawaii; and Monterey, CA. She died at her Rockport home at the age of 68 of complications from metastatic breast cancer,.

She was survived by her husband, two sons, a daughter, a grandson and a brother. Her obituary was published in The Boston Globe on Nov. 21, 2015.∼Patricia Yarborough Reed, 68, died peacefully at her home in Rockport, of complications from metastatic breast cancer, on November 18, 2015. Patricia was born July 27, 1947 at Carlisle Barracks, PA, where her father was attending the US Army War College. Patricia's father, Lieutenant General William P. Yarborough designed the US Army parachute wings in 1941 and was declared the Father of the Modern Green Berets by the US Army at the time of his death in December 2005. Patricia's mother was Norma Mae Tuttle, a former Miss Topeka Kansas, who died in July 1999. Patricia graduated from Fayetteville (NC) High School in 1965 and was crowned Miss Fayetteville that same year. She graduated from Incarnate Word College, San Antonio, Texas, with a BA in Education and from Lesley University with a MA in Education. She taught art in secondary schools for over 30 years with her final position at Eastern Point Day School, Gloucester, MA. Patricia was an artist - paintings and pottery - and won awards in Italy, Texas, California, Georgia, Virginia and Cape Ann. Patricia's greatest loves in her life, after her family, were teaching art to children and creating works of art. She had a hunger to create and make use of her extraordinary imagination. "If you want a replica of a subject, take a photograph," she often said. Instead she would try and capture the essence of a subject and then let her imagination take over. "I have to have my kid fix," she said, when asked why she continued to teach at Eastern Point Day School after retiring from the Cobb County, Georgia schools system. Patricia was an Army brat and married a career army officer, and lived in many places including Bad Toelz, Germany; Vicenza, Italy; Honolulu, Hawaii; and Monterey, CA. In most of these places she received awards for her art. She taught art to literally thousands of children. She was most touched when a young child would say to her, "When I grow up, I want to be just like you." Patricia was a linguist, potter, artist, vocalist, gourmet cook, wife, mother and educator. In short, she was a woman for all seasons. Patricia is survived by her husband, Colonel John F. Reed, Jr., USA Retired; son, Jonathan Yarborough Reed of Leesburg, VA; son, Justin Yarborough Reed, of Atlanta, GA; daughter, Heather Reed Adams, of Rockport, MA; brother, Lieutenant Colonel William Lee Yarborough, USA retired, of Dumfries, VA; grandson, Benjamin Pelham Adams of Rockport, MA and 15 nieces and nephews. Her funeral service will be held in the First Congregational Church, 12 School Street, Rockport, MA at 1:00 pm on Sunday, December 6, 2015 followed by a reception. The burial will be held privately.