Note- this is my husband's uncle.
This is a note that his wife sent to me-
"Minnie (Minnie Ella Stark-Reed his mom) told me that Earl was a pre-mature baby and only weighed three pounds at birth. The docotor didn't know what to do for him and told cyrus and Minnie to take him home and do what they can for him. Minnie found out Oatmeal juice was the only food Earl could digest the first months. Oatmeal was his main food for the next two years. Thereafter Earl disliked Oatmeal forever."
"Earl was a kind and generous person and never met a stranger. His hobby was photography and he was very good at it. Earl was dedicated to his job. He worked for Columbia Truck Leasing which later was purchased by Ryder Truck Rental, Inc.
He had worked for this company for 31 years. On August 16, 1973 Earl was in a fatal truck accident."
Newspaper article of his death out of The Monett Times, Monett, Missouri, Friday, August, 17, 1973
Truck Crash Fatal to Monettan
A Monett Man was killed whe he was pinned beneath the tractor unit of a truck which overturned on Route 37, two miles north of Pierce City at about 4:10 p.m. yesterday. Dead is Earl W. Reed, driver of the eastbound truck which apparently swerved to avoid a rear-end collision with a motorcycle, went into a skid and struck a dirt embankment on the right side of the road before overturning, according to the highway patrol. Reed was pronounced dead at the scene.
another articl about the wreck-
MONETT MAN DIES IN WRECK
Pierce City, Mo.,- A Monett, Mo., man was killed about 4:10 p.m. Thursday in a truck accident on route 37, two miles north of here.
Pronounced dead at the scene of the accident was Earl W. Reed, 50, driver of the eastbound truck.
The highway patrol said Reed died when he swerved his truck to avoid a rear - end collision with a motorcycle, and the truck went into a skid and struck a dirt embankment on the right side of the road and overturned. He reportedly was pinned under the tractor unit.
Born Aug. 3, 1923, in Sugar Creek, he had lived in Monett for four years. He was employed by Ryder Truck Rental. He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church and the Monett Chamber of Commerce.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Marie Reed of the home, a son, David Reed, of the home; two daughters, Miss Susan Reed, of the home, and Mrs. Jacqueline Simmons, Independence, and a sister, Mrs. Dorothy Foster, Independence.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Ben Cast Funeral Home. Holden, Mo., Burial will be in the Centerview Cemetery.
Funeral Card;
Earl Wallace Reed
1923-1973
Services- 2:00 p.m. Monday August 20, 1973 Ben Cast & Son Funeral hOme, Holden, Missouri
Clergyman- Reverend John Kesler
Music- Robert Mickey, soloist, Mrs. Robert Mickey, organist
Pallbearers-
Homer Cline, Robert Stark, Marion Alderson, Harold Burgard, Albert Stark, William Mayfield,
Interment; Centerview Cemetery
This is a note that his wife sent to me-
"Minnie (Minnie Ella Stark-Reed his mom) told me that Earl was a pre-mature baby and only weighed three pounds at birth. The docotor didn't know what to do for him and told cyrus and Minnie to take him home and do what they can for him. Minnie found out Oatmeal juice was the only food Earl could digest the first months. Oatmeal was his main food for the next two years. Thereafter Earl disliked Oatmeal forever."
"Earl was a kind and generous person and never met a stranger. His hobby was photography and he was very good at it. Earl was dedicated to his job. He worked for Columbia Truck Leasing which later was purchased by Ryder Truck Rental, Inc.
He had worked for this company for 31 years. On August 16, 1973 Earl was in a fatal truck accident."
Newspaper article of his death out of The Monett Times, Monett, Missouri, Friday, August, 17, 1973
Truck Crash Fatal to Monettan
A Monett Man was killed whe he was pinned beneath the tractor unit of a truck which overturned on Route 37, two miles north of Pierce City at about 4:10 p.m. yesterday. Dead is Earl W. Reed, driver of the eastbound truck which apparently swerved to avoid a rear-end collision with a motorcycle, went into a skid and struck a dirt embankment on the right side of the road before overturning, according to the highway patrol. Reed was pronounced dead at the scene.
another articl about the wreck-
MONETT MAN DIES IN WRECK
Pierce City, Mo.,- A Monett, Mo., man was killed about 4:10 p.m. Thursday in a truck accident on route 37, two miles north of here.
Pronounced dead at the scene of the accident was Earl W. Reed, 50, driver of the eastbound truck.
The highway patrol said Reed died when he swerved his truck to avoid a rear - end collision with a motorcycle, and the truck went into a skid and struck a dirt embankment on the right side of the road and overturned. He reportedly was pinned under the tractor unit.
Born Aug. 3, 1923, in Sugar Creek, he had lived in Monett for four years. He was employed by Ryder Truck Rental. He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church and the Monett Chamber of Commerce.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Marie Reed of the home, a son, David Reed, of the home; two daughters, Miss Susan Reed, of the home, and Mrs. Jacqueline Simmons, Independence, and a sister, Mrs. Dorothy Foster, Independence.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Ben Cast Funeral Home. Holden, Mo., Burial will be in the Centerview Cemetery.
Funeral Card;
Earl Wallace Reed
1923-1973
Services- 2:00 p.m. Monday August 20, 1973 Ben Cast & Son Funeral hOme, Holden, Missouri
Clergyman- Reverend John Kesler
Music- Robert Mickey, soloist, Mrs. Robert Mickey, organist
Pallbearers-
Homer Cline, Robert Stark, Marion Alderson, Harold Burgard, Albert Stark, William Mayfield,
Interment; Centerview Cemetery
Note- this is my husband's uncle.
This is a note that his wife sent to me-
"Minnie (Minnie Ella Stark-Reed his mom) told me that Earl was a pre-mature baby and only weighed three pounds at birth. The docotor didn't know what to do for him and told cyrus and Minnie to take him home and do what they can for him. Minnie found out Oatmeal juice was the only food Earl could digest the first months. Oatmeal was his main food for the next two years. Thereafter Earl disliked Oatmeal forever."
"Earl was a kind and generous person and never met a stranger. His hobby was photography and he was very good at it. Earl was dedicated to his job. He worked for Columbia Truck Leasing which later was purchased by Ryder Truck Rental, Inc.
He had worked for this company for 31 years. On August 16, 1973 Earl was in a fatal truck accident."
Newspaper article of his death out of The Monett Times, Monett, Missouri, Friday, August, 17, 1973
Truck Crash Fatal to Monettan
A Monett Man was killed whe he was pinned beneath the tractor unit of a truck which overturned on Route 37, two miles north of Pierce City at about 4:10 p.m. yesterday. Dead is Earl W. Reed, driver of the eastbound truck which apparently swerved to avoid a rear-end collision with a motorcycle, went into a skid and struck a dirt embankment on the right side of the road before overturning, according to the highway patrol. Reed was pronounced dead at the scene.
another articl about the wreck-
MONETT MAN DIES IN WRECK
Pierce City, Mo.,- A Monett, Mo., man was killed about 4:10 p.m. Thursday in a truck accident on route 37, two miles north of here.
Pronounced dead at the scene of the accident was Earl W. Reed, 50, driver of the eastbound truck.
The highway patrol said Reed died when he swerved his truck to avoid a rear - end collision with a motorcycle, and the truck went into a skid and struck a dirt embankment on the right side of the road and overturned. He reportedly was pinned under the tractor unit.
Born Aug. 3, 1923, in Sugar Creek, he had lived in Monett for four years. He was employed by Ryder Truck Rental. He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church and the Monett Chamber of Commerce.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Marie Reed of the home, a son, David Reed, of the home; two daughters, Miss Susan Reed, of the home, and Mrs. Jacqueline Simmons, Independence, and a sister, Mrs. Dorothy Foster, Independence.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Ben Cast Funeral Home. Holden, Mo., Burial will be in the Centerview Cemetery.
Funeral Card;
Earl Wallace Reed
1923-1973
Services- 2:00 p.m. Monday August 20, 1973 Ben Cast & Son Funeral hOme, Holden, Missouri
Clergyman- Reverend John Kesler
Music- Robert Mickey, soloist, Mrs. Robert Mickey, organist
Pallbearers-
Homer Cline, Robert Stark, Marion Alderson, Harold Burgard, Albert Stark, William Mayfield,
Interment; Centerview Cemetery
This is a note that his wife sent to me-
"Minnie (Minnie Ella Stark-Reed his mom) told me that Earl was a pre-mature baby and only weighed three pounds at birth. The docotor didn't know what to do for him and told cyrus and Minnie to take him home and do what they can for him. Minnie found out Oatmeal juice was the only food Earl could digest the first months. Oatmeal was his main food for the next two years. Thereafter Earl disliked Oatmeal forever."
"Earl was a kind and generous person and never met a stranger. His hobby was photography and he was very good at it. Earl was dedicated to his job. He worked for Columbia Truck Leasing which later was purchased by Ryder Truck Rental, Inc.
He had worked for this company for 31 years. On August 16, 1973 Earl was in a fatal truck accident."
Newspaper article of his death out of The Monett Times, Monett, Missouri, Friday, August, 17, 1973
Truck Crash Fatal to Monettan
A Monett Man was killed whe he was pinned beneath the tractor unit of a truck which overturned on Route 37, two miles north of Pierce City at about 4:10 p.m. yesterday. Dead is Earl W. Reed, driver of the eastbound truck which apparently swerved to avoid a rear-end collision with a motorcycle, went into a skid and struck a dirt embankment on the right side of the road before overturning, according to the highway patrol. Reed was pronounced dead at the scene.
another articl about the wreck-
MONETT MAN DIES IN WRECK
Pierce City, Mo.,- A Monett, Mo., man was killed about 4:10 p.m. Thursday in a truck accident on route 37, two miles north of here.
Pronounced dead at the scene of the accident was Earl W. Reed, 50, driver of the eastbound truck.
The highway patrol said Reed died when he swerved his truck to avoid a rear - end collision with a motorcycle, and the truck went into a skid and struck a dirt embankment on the right side of the road and overturned. He reportedly was pinned under the tractor unit.
Born Aug. 3, 1923, in Sugar Creek, he had lived in Monett for four years. He was employed by Ryder Truck Rental. He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church and the Monett Chamber of Commerce.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Marie Reed of the home, a son, David Reed, of the home; two daughters, Miss Susan Reed, of the home, and Mrs. Jacqueline Simmons, Independence, and a sister, Mrs. Dorothy Foster, Independence.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Ben Cast Funeral Home. Holden, Mo., Burial will be in the Centerview Cemetery.
Funeral Card;
Earl Wallace Reed
1923-1973
Services- 2:00 p.m. Monday August 20, 1973 Ben Cast & Son Funeral hOme, Holden, Missouri
Clergyman- Reverend John Kesler
Music- Robert Mickey, soloist, Mrs. Robert Mickey, organist
Pallbearers-
Homer Cline, Robert Stark, Marion Alderson, Harold Burgard, Albert Stark, William Mayfield,
Interment; Centerview Cemetery
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