San Joaquin County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Reed, Lional Taylor May 12 2004
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Originally published in the Tracy Press on Thursday, May 20, 2004.
Lionel Taylor Reed
March 30, 1931 — May 12, 2004

Lionel Taylor Reed, 73, operator of Reed & Son Tow Service in Tracy for nearly 
four decades, died May 12 in Ogden, Utah, following a long illness.
Born in Stockton, he was the son of Lionel Taylor and Katherine Reed of Tracy 
and the grandson of Jane Taylor, who operated Taylor’s Café on 11th Street for 
many years.
Mr. Reed, who went by his middle name, Taylor, attended Tracy schools and 
graduated from Tracy High School in 1949. In 1951, he purchased the towing 
business from his mother. Reed & Son was the AAA towing service for the Tracy 
area for many years and also operated an auto-dismantling business on 11th 
Street east of the MacArthur Drive overpass.
In the early 1990s, Mr. Reed sold the business and retired. He moved to Grass 
Valley and Lucerne Valley before going to Ogden last October. Before his death, 
he was under hospice care.
Survivors include his daughter and son-in-law, Cheryl Reed-Doan and Daniel Doan 
of Langlois, Ore. 
Mr. Reed’s wife, Christine Reed, who had worked in the business with him, died 
in 1988.
Mr. Reed served in the California National Guard in 1950 and 1951 as an 
airplane mechanic. 
He was a member of the Tracy Elks Lodge and the Episcopal Church. He enjoyed 
golfing, bowling and hunting.
A memorial service will be scheduled in Tracy within the next month.
Mr. Reed’s daughter prefers memorial contributions in Mr. Reed’s name to the 
American Cancer Society or to a local hospice organization. She may be 
contacted by writing to Cheryl Doan, P.O. Box 1113, Langlois, OR 97450. 



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