Name Age Place of Birth > Place of Death Newspaper Publication Date Submitter
REYNOLDS, Willis "Junior"79 Carlyle IL CarlyleUB 19 Sep 2007 fch 

Willis Reynolds

February 14, 1928 - September 13, 2007

Willis "Junior" Reynolds, 79, of Carlyle, died at his home on Thursday, September 13, 2007.

He was born in Carlyle on February 14, 1928, the son of Darrell W. Reynolds and Catherine Buchholz. He married Evelyn D. "Peaches" Taylor on July 12, 1952, in Piggott, Ark. And she survives.

Along with his wife, he is survived by five daughters, Mary Catherine "Cathy" (John) Vander Pluym of St. Louis, Shirley Ann (Dan) O'Loughlin of Decatur, Marilyn Lee (Tim) Scharleman of Pevely, Mo., Brenda Sue Reynolds of Anchorage, Alaska, and Doris Kay (Gordon) Johnson, of St. Louis; a sister, Shirley Ann King of Palm Dessert, Cal.; two brothers, Donald Ray Reynolds of Maryland and James Thomas Reynolds of Pensacola, Fla.; six grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren;

He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, John Earl Reynolds.

He was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Carlyle, the American Legion Post --404 of Carlyle, served in the U.S. Navy in the Asian Pacific Theater during W W II, and was retired from General Motors.

Funeral services were held Saturday, September 15, at 10:30 a.m. at the Frerker Funeral Home in Carlyle with Fr. George Mauck officiating.

Burial followed in St. Mary Cemetery in Carlyle with military rites accorded.

Frerker Funeral in Carlyle handled the arrangements. 

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