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James Reeder
James P. Reeder
July 30, 1930 - January 2, 2011
James P. “Jim” Reeder, 80, died on Jan. 2, after a brief illness.
He was born in Buena Vista on July 30, 1930, to Connie Priestley Reeder and Jewel Wilson Reeder.
He attended Central High School in Bruceton, Bethel College, U.T. Martin, and graduated from CSU San Francisco. He served in the US Army, G2 Intelligence from 1954-57. Jim was a Recreation Therapist and Supervisor at many State hospitals and Executive Director of Valley of the Sun School in Phoenix, Ariz. He retired from Patton Hospital in 1989.
Jim is survived by his son, Zac (Lisa); daughter, Juni Grimes; grandkids Julia Rose and Nicholas Jude Priestley; former spouse, Rose Reeder; cousin, Ruth Clendenin; and friend Beverly Jackson.
A funeral service was held on Sunday, Jan. 9, at 2 p.m. at Bobbitt Memorial Chapel in San Bernardino, Calif. Burial was at Riverside National Cemetery. [Source: Carroll County NEWS-LEADER]