Osage County, Oklahoma, Obituary:  PHILLIP TURNER REED

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PHILLIP TURNER REED

OCNS - July 26, 2002 - Phillip Turner Reed, 83, passed away Friday, 
July 26, 2002, at his home in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, following an extended 
illness.

Born May 15, 1919, in Fairfax, Oklahoma to Phil and Virginia Turner Reed, 
Phillip attended schools in Foraker, Oklahoma and Grainola, Oklahoma.   He 
graduated from Chillicothe Business College in Chillicothe, Missouri, where 
he met Dorothy M. Holm.   They were married November 3, 1940 and ranched 
in the Foraker area.   A third generation rancher, Phillip was a past 
President of the Osage County Cattlemen's Association, a lifetime member 
of the National and Oklahoma Cattlemen's Associations and a charter member 
of the National Cowboy Hall of Fame.

In 1955, Phillip and his family moved to Pawhuska and he was actively 
involved with the First United Methodist Church where he taught various 
Sunday School classes.   Mr. Reed supported various youth groups, helped 
out with 4-H, Oklahoma State University and all Pawhuska School events.   
He enjoyed visiting people in hospitals and nursing homes.   Phillip was 
known for his enthusiastic siren and especially loved spending time with 
family and friends.

Survivors include:   Dorothy, his wife of sixty-one years; three sons and 
their wives, Jim and Loretta, Melvin and Diane and Ron and Debbie; his 
grandchildren, Tim, James and his wife, Melanie, Jason and his wife, Beth, 
Stacy, Katherine, Phillip Taylor and Spencer; and his great grandson, 
Hunter Reed.

Services will be at 10:00 a.m., Monday, July 29, at the Pawhuska United 
Methodist Church with burial at the Pawhuska City Cemetery.