Mar. 1, 2010: Passing of Jane Reeder (Grandmother's Niece)

After reading my grandparents' wedding announcement, I became interested in tracing the family tree and seeing how many people mentioned in the announcement, or their descendants, might still be alive. In addition to long family tree histories, this is one of the first notices I found. Jane is mentioned, with her parents, as out of town guests at the wedding.

The notice also points to the fact that a lot of research has gone into my families.

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/mar/04/obituaries-march-4-2010/?news
http://chattanoogan.com/2010/3/4/170231/Reeder-Jane-Beasley.aspx

Jane Reeder

Jane Beasley Reeder, 79, of Chattanooga, died Monday, March 1, 2010, in a local hospital.

A native of Florence, Ala., she was the daughter of the late William Marvin and Stella Beasley Reeder.

Jane earned a Bachelor of Science degree from East Tennessee State University in Music Education and a minor in Instrumental music. She earned a master of science degree from University of Tennessee Knoxville in Music Education and minors in Fine Arts (voice), Music Theory and Instrumental music. She also attended Birmingham Southern, University of Michigan, University of West Virginia, Oberlin Conservatory and UTC.

She taught orchestra and choir at West High School, Knoxville as well as choirs and started an orchestral program at both Red Bank and Ooltewah High Schools and developed a music department at Chattanooga State Community College where she taught for 20 years.

Jane sang four years with the Chattanooga Opera Association and played the role of Kate Pinkerton in Madam Butterfly. She has written a manuscript called Reeder's of the South and East, Vol.2 and is a certified genealogist having researched the Reeder, Harris, Abernathy, Hackworth, Dunbar, Harrison, Williams Jones, Smith, Booth, Beasley and Houston families.

She held memberships with Alpha Omicron Pi Fraternity, Alpha Delta Kappa, Who's Who in American Education, Music Education National Conference, Delta Omicron Music Fraternity, Who's Who in South and Southeast, NDAR, National Band and Orchestra Association.

She is survived by several cousins.

Graveside services will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at Hamilton Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Josh Rochester officiating.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the William Marvin Reeder Scholarship Fund at Chattanooga State, 4501 Amnicola Highway, Chattanooga, TN 37406.