Carolyn Marie Keel Reed

APRIL 1ST, 1936 - NOVEMBER 14TH, 2014

CAROLYN MARIE KEEL REED, 78, OF SAVANNAH, GA, WENT TO HER ETERNAL HOME NOVEMBER 14TH AT SAINT JOSEPH’S HOSPITAL AFTER A BRAVE FIGHT WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE AND OPEN HEART SURGERY ,TO BE WITH HER LORD, HER SON, AND LOVED ONES GONE BEFORE.

BORN IN BULLOCH COUNTY (PORTAL, GA) ON APRIL 1ST, 1936 TO THE LATE GARFIELD JAMES(DOC) KEEL AND CATHERINE JACKSON KEEL, AS THEIR FIRST DAUGHTER AND THIRD CHILD. SHE ENJOYED BEING ACTIVE AS A CHILD SKATING, PLAYING MONOPOLY, FUN CARD GAMES, JACKSTONES. AS SHE GREW UP SHE HELPED TAKE CARE OF HER SISTERS JEANNE. KATHIE, AND DEBBIE AND CARED FOR ALL HER SIBLINGS THROUGHOUT LIFE. SHE CONSIDERED HER SISTER, KATHIE KEEL WILLIAMS, HER BABY. SHE WORKED AS A YOUNG TEEN BABYSITTING, AND WORKED AT ADLER’S DEPARTMENT STORE ON BROUGHTON ST. FROM THE AGE OF 16 FOR ABOUT 3 YEARS. SHE MET THE LOVE OF HER LIFE BOBBY LEE REED, SR. AT COMMERCIAL HIGH SCHOOL AND LET HIM CHASE HER UNTIL SHE CAUGHT HIM. THEY MARRIED DECEMBER 23RD, 1954 AT ARDSLEY PARK BAPTIST CHURCH PASTORIUM, BY THE REV. JOHN BURCH. SHE HAD A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH HER MOTHER IN LAW LETHA LEE REED AND FATHER IN LAW WILLIAM H. REED. SHE GRADUATED FROM COMMERCIAL HIGH SCHOOL. SHE WORKED AT GECC AND AT BEACH HIGHSCHOOL, BUT HER GREATEST WORK WAS DONE AT HOME CARING FOR AND LOVING HER FAMILY. SHE GAINED A BEAUTIFUL LOVING THIRD DAUGHTER IN WENDY RAY REED (ROCKY), A GIFT FROM GOD. SHE LOVED AND DELIGHTED IN HER SWEET BEAUTIFUL GRANDAUGHTERS SKYLER AND LEXIE. HER EYES SPARKLED WHENEVER THEY WERE WITH HER AND EVEN WHEN SHE SPOKE OF THEM. SHE SO LOVED HER CHILDREN BUT HER GRANDAUGHTERS TOOK THEIR RIGHTFUL PLACE IN HER HEART AND WE ALL SHARED IN THE JOY OF SEEING HER LOVE THEM. SHE WAS ALSO BLESSED WITH A GRANDSON BY MARRIAGE ANDREW FRASIER (SKYLER). SHE WAS TICKLED PINK WITH ANDREW AND WITH LEXIE’S BOYFRIEND MATHEW LOGAN. SHE ENJOYED FAMILY GATHERINGS, GOING ON SOFTBALL TOURNAMENTS WITH BOBBY AND BEING WITH HER GIRLFRIENDS SHOPPING, DINING OUT, SITTING AT THE DOCK, GOING DOWNTOWN, AND PLAYING CHICKENFOOT, CANASTA, AND FARKLE. SHE WAS THE SUPERGLUE OF HER FAMILY, STRONG AND STEADY, NEVER COMPLAINING ABOUT HOW SHE FELT, JUST GETTING THE JOB DONE. SHE HELPED CARE FOR HER WIDOWED MOTHER CATHERINE FOR 32 YEARS AFTER THE LOSS OF HER DADDY, DOC. SHE LOST HER OLDEST SON IN 2002 AND LIFE WAS FOREVER CHANGED. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE SANTUARY CHURCH, WAS GODLY AND STAYED FAR AWAY FROM TROUBLE. SHE LOVED HER HUSBAND BOBBY WITH EVERY OUNCE OF HER HEART AND EVEN THOUGH SHE MAY HAVE FUSSED AT HIM AT TIMES WAS THANKFUL FOR THE BLESSING OF A HARDWORKING, CHRIST AND FAMILY CENTERED HUSBAND. HER CHILDREN WOULD BE SHOOSHED IN A NEW YORK MINUTE, IF THEY EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT GIVING THEIR DADDY A HARD TIME. SHE WILL BE REMEMBERED AND MISSED UNTIL WE SEE HER AGAIN IN GOD’S HEAVENLY KINGDOM.

SHE WAS PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS CATHERINE AND DOC KEEL, WILLIAM AND LETHA REED, HER FIRST CHILD AND SON, BOBBY LEE REED, JR.(JANET AND GREY), ALSO HER BROTHER, DATUS KEEL, HER SISTER KATHIE KEEL WILLIAMS, AND HER BROTHER IN LAW BILLY REED.

SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND BOBBY L REED, SON ROCK K. REED (WENDY RAY REED), HER DAUGHTER, KEELIE REED, AND YOUNGEST DAUGHTER, WENDY. GRANDCHILDREN SKYLER AND ANDREW FRASIER, AND LEXIE ROXAN REED. ALSO SURVIED BY HER BROTHER BOBBY KEEL AND SISTERS JEANNE KEEL, AND DEBORAH KEEL, SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS

WE GIVE THANKS FOR THE BLESSING OF CAROLYN IN OUR LIFES.

WE ALSO EXTEND OUR THANKS TO DR NANCY THOMPSON, DR. DARDEN, DR. RICHARD ROTH, DR HARDIGAN, DR. STEVEN CORSE, DR. JEREMY LONDON, CINDY, CHARLIE, LIZ, WENDY, DIANE, KIM HODGE

PALL BEARERS JOE MORRIS, WAYNE NOHA, STEVE FLOYD, MIKE TRULL, RONNIE KEEL, AND KEVIN REED

AND ALL MEDICAL TEAMS, WE THANK, KELLY, SARAH, ANN, MAUDE, JOELLA, SHARI, ANTWON AND ALL DAVITA STAFF AND PATIENTS. YOU MADE A POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION TO HER LIFE.

LOVE AND THANKS TO ALL FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

FLOWERS ARE WELCOME. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS CONTRIBUTIONS TO DAVITA (WILLIAMS ST BRANCH OR ANY ) TO HELP PATIENTS, AMERICAN KIDNEY FOUNDATION, THE SANCTUARY, ST JUDES, HUMANE SOCIETY OR CHARITY OF CHOICE.

PALL BEARERS: JOE MORRIS, WAYNE NOHA, STEVE FLOYD, MIKE TRULL, RONNIE KEEL, AND KEVIN REED.

VISITATION WILL BE HELD MONDAY, November 17 FROM 4-7PM AT FAIRHAVEN FUNERAL HOME, HUBERT C. BAKER CHAPEL 7415 HODGSON MEMORIAL DRIVE, SAVANNAH, GA 31406. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD Tuesday, November 18 AT 11AM AT THE SANCTUARY. INTERMNET WILL FOLLOW AT GREENWICH CEMETERY.

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SAVANNAH, GA 31406

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