Gentry county Missouri, Obituaries:  Raymond Lloyd Reynolds, Sr.

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Submitted by: <dhr1953@hotmail.com>  Don Raymond

The Tri-County News, Gentry County Missouri, Friday, November 14, 2003:
     Raymond Lloyd Reynolds, Sr., 90, Stanberry, died Nov. 9, 2003, at Pine View
     Manor in Stanberry.

     Born Aug. 15, 1913, in Amity; he was the son of Napoleon Bonaparte and
     Myrtle (Burke) Reynolds.  Raymond was raised in DeKalb County area; moving
     to Stanberry on Oct. 10, 1932 and living in the area for the rest of his
     life.

     Mr. Reynolds worded as a farm hand and farmer; gas station operator and
     general laborer for the Big 4 Hardware Co., before starting his own
     plumbing business.  He was a member of the Stanberry First Christian Church
     and enjoyed camping, fishing and woodworking.

     He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Beryl, Ivan, Alvie and
     Marvin Reynolds; sisters, Lola Steiner, Lila Stevenson, Elizabeth Tiffany
     and granddaughters, Mary Gayla and Carla Slagle.

     On March 2, 1936 he was united in marriage to Goldie Pauline Lewis in
     Amity.  She survives at the home.  Other survivors include a daughter,
     Imogene Slagle and husband, Roy, Gladstone; a son, Raymond Lloyd Reynolds,
     Jr. and wife, Marjorie, Corning, IA.; five grandchildren; brother-in-law,
     Jess Stevenson, Lakeport, CA.; Levain Lewis and wife Twilla, Cosby; sister-
     in-law, Maxine Francis and husband, Roland, Stewartsville.

     Funeral services were held on Nov. 12 at Roberson-Polley Chapel with burial
     in High Ridge Cemetery, Stanberry. 
Memorial contributions may be made to the Stanberry First Christian Church.