OBITUARIES
Logan J. Reed
Logan J. Reed, 85, of Gentry, died on June 18, 2020, at Circle of Life Hospice Home at Legacy Village in Bentonville.
He was born on Dec. 9, 1934, in Kansas, Okla., to Alfred A. Reed and Eula Mae McAlister Reed. He graduated from Kansas High School and attended Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Okla., earning his bachelor’s degree in science education. He married Betty “Kay” Tevebaugh on June 27, 1958, in Tahlequah. He worked as a welder and farmer for most of his life. He spent one year as a high school teacher and basketball coach at Gentry High School. He was a member of Galilean Church in Kansas, Okla. He was very active in jail ministry at Washington County Jail, going in once a week on Friday nights for 20 years.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Alfred and Eula Reed; brother, Olen Reed; and his father and mother-in-law, Pete and Irene Tevebaugh.
He is survived by his wife, Kay Reed; three sons, Hogan Reed of Gentry, Aaron Reed of Bella Vista, and Nelson Reed and wife Kelsey of Gentry; eight grandchildren; four greatgrandchildren; brother, Leighton Reed and wife Linda of Kansas, Okla.; sister, Alfa Mae Fell and husband Andy of Searcy; and sister-in-law, Myrtle Sue Reed of Grove, Okla.
Funeral services were Tuesday, June 23, at Wasson Funeral Home in Siloam Springs, with Pastor Leighton Reed officiating. Burial followed at Fairmount Cemetery, near Gentry. Arrangements were by Wasson Funeral Home.