Obituaries
Charles Odell Reynolds
( June 1, 1933 - June 8, 2017 )
Charles Odell “Red” Reynolds, age 84, of Brookwood Road in Lincolnton, died on Thursday, June 8, 2017.
A graveside service will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 13, 2017, at Forest Lawn Cemetery with military graveside rites. Rev. Joe Ervin, Rev. Charles Stevens, and Pastor Beverly Parker-Reece will officiate.
Mr. Reynolds was born June 1, 1933, in Lincoln County, to the late Noah Jacob Reynolds and Mary Etta Neal Reynolds. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by a son, Charles Richard Reynolds; a brother, Otto Reynolds; and a sister, Ruby Reynolds Hester. He served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. After discharge from the Army, he worked at It’s Grill, then sold pizza pies and was known to many as the pizza pie man. He retired from Gulf State Paper where he was a truck driver.
Red will be missed by his breakfast buddies at City Lunch, Hardee’s, Zipper‘s and Bojangle’s, his wonderful neighbors along with lifelong friends from Conyers, GA and Pompano Beach, FL.
He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Emma Jean “Sissy” Richard Reynolds of the home; a daughter, Loretta “Lori” Jean Reynolds of Lincolnton; thirty-three nieces and nephews of the Reynolds family, thirty-six nieces and nephews of the Hester family, all of Crouse; sister-in-law, Shirley Johnson Reynolds of Crouse; and aunt, Edna Neal Reynolds, Dwayne Goodson, Bucky Goodson, and the Richard family.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Boger City United Methodist Church Methodist Men, 2320 E. Main Street, Lincolnton, NC 28092.
A graveside service will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 13, 2017, at Forest Lawn Cemetery with military graveside rites. Rev. Joe Ervin, Rev. Charles Stevens, and Pastor Beverly Parker-Reece will officiate.
Mr. Reynolds was born June 1, 1933, in Lincoln County, to the late Noah Jacob Reynolds and Mary Etta Neal Reynolds. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by a son, Charles Richard Reynolds; a brother, Otto Reynolds; and a sister, Ruby Reynolds Hester. He served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. After discharge from the Army, he worked at It’s Grill, then sold pizza pies and was known to many as the pizza pie man. He retired from Gulf State Paper where he was a truck driver.
Red will be missed by his breakfast buddies at City Lunch, Hardee’s, Zipper‘s and Bojangle’s, his wonderful neighbors along with lifelong friends from Conyers, GA and Pompano Beach, FL.
He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Emma Jean “Sissy” Richard Reynolds of the home; a daughter, Loretta “Lori” Jean Reynolds of Lincolnton; thirty-three nieces and nephews of the Reynolds family, thirty-six nieces and nephews of the Hester family, all of Crouse; sister-in-law, Shirley Johnson Reynolds of Crouse; and aunt, Edna Neal Reynolds, Dwayne Goodson, Bucky Goodson, and the Richard family.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Boger City United Methodist Church Methodist Men, 2320 E. Main Street, Lincolnton, NC 28092.
Posted on 09 Jun 2017
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