Jeremy Joseph Reed

Funeral: 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29, in Moore Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Jeremy was born in Webster on Sept. 10, 1977. In the summer of 1992, at the age of 16, Jeremy moved to Arlington to live with his mother and sister. He graduated from Lamar High School, the class of 1995, and went on to work as a fire alarm inspector. His favorite job assignments were the Texas Motor Speedway and John Peter Smith Hospital. Jeremy's co-workers knew him as a perfectionist, as his primary focus was to always make sure his customers were happy and to perform all his jobs with the highest of standards. Jeremy was also known for his sense of humor and his comical impressions of co-workers -- a gift that was enjoyed by many while keeping it all in fun. Jeremy's true passion was fixing up classic cars and motorcycles while his most recent projects were a 1967 Firebird and two bikes, a Yamaha XS11 and a Harley-Davidson. The Harley-Davidson he restored for his best friend, Joseph, who came to be known as Jeremy's big brother and father figure.

The only thing that transcended Jeremy's love for cars and bikes was his love for his family, friends and wife, Happy. Jeremy met Happy at the age of 17. They ran in the same crowd, but because of his shyness, it took several years before he asked her to go out with him. From the first moment he showed interest beyond friendship, their love was sealed and within a few short years they were married. Happy brought such love into his life that Jeremy finally felt complete. Through that love, Happy filled his life with joy, family and lots of friends who came to love Jeremy as much as she did.

Jeremy was known as the guy who would help out a friend in need --whether it was a neighbor, someone facing a difficult time, someone seriously ill, a friend who needed good advice or someone who just needed a shoulder to lean on. He was a person who would do everything he could to help others -- utilizing his talents generously and never asking for anything in return. The only thing he ever cared about was making people smile and letting them know that someone cared.

On the day that Jeremy passed into eternity, he was the happiest he had ever been in his life and was doing what he love most, riding his motorcycle.

Survivors: Wife, Happy Reed; sisters, Lisa Suniga and Brenda Vandver; brother, Dean Reed; mother, Elizabeth Reed; father-in-law and mother-in-law, John and Judy Fowler; brothers-in-law, John Paul Fowler and wife, Sylvia, and Alan Dunagan; and nephews, Dylan Reed and Alex Fowler.