Jeanie met the love of her life Charles (Charlie) Reed while working at the Air Force Base finance office in Amarillo, Texas and they later married on April 7, 1962. In 1974, Jeanie and her family moved to Austin where she began working for the Veteran’s Administration as a Travel Auditor until her retirement in 1990 after 22 years of dedicated service.
Jeanie had many enjoyments in life. Some of her favorite things were to bake with her children and grandchildren, listen to music, and paint. Most of all she enjoyed being around her loving family. Jeanie will be remembered as a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, and will be dearly missed by everyone who was touched by her.
Jeanie is preceded in death by her parents, and her brother.
Jeanie is survived by her loving husband of 49 years, Charlie Reed; daughter, Cathy Garrison; son, Jeffrey Reed and wife Mari; sister, Lona Cruse and husband Calvin; brothers, Lonnie Jordan and wife Roedean and Jerry Jordan and wife Carol; grandchildren, Aaron Garrison and wife Gina, Charles Garrison, Leisha Peterson and husband Robert, Zachary Reed, and Katherine Reed; great grandchildren, Austin, Kara, Brandon, Breckin, Caden and Aubryn; and numerous other loving family members and friends.
The family will receive friends from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 23, 2011 at Cook-Walden/Forest Oaks Funeral Home, 6300 W. William Cannon Dr., Austin, TX 78749.
Funeral services will be held on Sunday, July 24, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. in the Cook-Walden/Forest Oaks Memorial Chapel with Reverend Don Long officiating. Interment will follow at Cook-Walden/Forest Oaks Memorial Park.
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