Rita “Mimi” Delores Kilgore Reed, age 71, passed away on Wednesday, October 28, 2015. She was a native of Cleveland, Mississippi, and a long-time resident of St. Bernard Parish until Hurricane Katrina, after which she relocated to Carriere, Mississippi.
Mrs. Reed was the wife of the late Herdie Reed; mother of Rhonda (Steve) Little, Ronald (Kim) Reed, and Ritchie (Shelley) Reed; daughter of the late William and Rita Beason Kilgore; grandmother of 12; great-grandmother of 4; sister of Freddie Roark, Robert Kilgore, and the late Billy Kilgore; and aunt to numerous nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Reed was retired from the St. Bernard Parish School System, after having served as a school bus driver. She was also a hairdresser for many years and a loving homemaker. She will be missed by many.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks you to consider a donation in memory of Mrs. Reed to the American Cancer Society.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend a visitation to be held at ST. BERNARD MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME, 701 W. Virtue St., Chalmette, LA on Tuesday, November 3, 2015, from 9:00 am until 11:15 am. A Funeral Mass will be held at 12:00 Noon at Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic Church, 2320 Paris Road, Chalmette, LA. Mrs. Reed will be laid to rest beside her husband in St. Bernard Memorial Gardens.
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