Raised in Wichita Falls, Texas, Clarence Reed attended Booker T. Washington High.
At the age of 17, at the onset of WWII, he joined the Army and served in Okinawa, Iwo Jima and Luzon.
After the war he moved to Seattle, where his mother (the late LULA TAYLOR) and his younger brother (FRANK) had relocated.
He married Dorothy Reed (deceased). To their union were born a son, James and daughter, Doris Lee.
Clarence held jobs at Frederick's Cadillac, The Boeing Company, and Virginia Mason Hospital.
In the early '60s he and his wife Lillian purchased a house and five acres in Silver Lake, Washington, "The Rocking R Ranch." Clarence loved the out-of-doors. He hunted and fished whenever he could.
"Benny", as he was known, dressed in his signature cowboy hat and snakeskin cowboy boots. He was an integral part of his family, being the elder statesman.
He leaves a son, James; daughters, Doris Robinson, Charlene Bowen, Darlene Shaw; brother Frank; and niece Mayet Dalila.
Cause of death: Alzheimer's
At the age of 17, at the onset of WWII, he joined the Army and served in Okinawa, Iwo Jima and Luzon.
After the war he moved to Seattle, where his mother (the late LULA TAYLOR) and his younger brother (FRANK) had relocated.
He married Dorothy Reed (deceased). To their union were born a son, James and daughter, Doris Lee.
Clarence held jobs at Frederick's Cadillac, The Boeing Company, and Virginia Mason Hospital.
In the early '60s he and his wife Lillian purchased a house and five acres in Silver Lake, Washington, "The Rocking R Ranch." Clarence loved the out-of-doors. He hunted and fished whenever he could.
"Benny", as he was known, dressed in his signature cowboy hat and snakeskin cowboy boots. He was an integral part of his family, being the elder statesman.
He leaves a son, James; daughters, Doris Robinson, Charlene Bowen, Darlene Shaw; brother Frank; and niece Mayet Dalila.
Cause of death: Alzheimer's
Raised in Wichita Falls, Texas, Clarence Reed attended Booker T. Washington High.
At the age of 17, at the onset of WWII, he joined the Army and served in Okinawa, Iwo Jima and Luzon.
After the war he moved to Seattle, where his mother (the late LULA TAYLOR) and his younger brother (FRANK) had relocated.
He married Dorothy Reed (deceased). To their union were born a son, James and daughter, Doris Lee.
Clarence held jobs at Frederick's Cadillac, The Boeing Company, and Virginia Mason Hospital.
In the early '60s he and his wife Lillian purchased a house and five acres in Silver Lake, Washington, "The Rocking R Ranch." Clarence loved the out-of-doors. He hunted and fished whenever he could.
"Benny", as he was known, dressed in his signature cowboy hat and snakeskin cowboy boots. He was an integral part of his family, being the elder statesman.
He leaves a son, James; daughters, Doris Robinson, Charlene Bowen, Darlene Shaw; brother Frank; and niece Mayet Dalila.
Cause of death: Alzheimer's
At the age of 17, at the onset of WWII, he joined the Army and served in Okinawa, Iwo Jima and Luzon.
After the war he moved to Seattle, where his mother (the late LULA TAYLOR) and his younger brother (FRANK) had relocated.
He married Dorothy Reed (deceased). To their union were born a son, James and daughter, Doris Lee.
Clarence held jobs at Frederick's Cadillac, The Boeing Company, and Virginia Mason Hospital.
In the early '60s he and his wife Lillian purchased a house and five acres in Silver Lake, Washington, "The Rocking R Ranch." Clarence loved the out-of-doors. He hunted and fished whenever he could.
"Benny", as he was known, dressed in his signature cowboy hat and snakeskin cowboy boots. He was an integral part of his family, being the elder statesman.
He leaves a son, James; daughters, Doris Robinson, Charlene Bowen, Darlene Shaw; brother Frank; and niece Mayet Dalila.
Cause of death: Alzheimer's
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