Of her siblings (after the infant, Gladys), Grandmother's second oldest brother was the first to pass.
Unmentioned by the article, William wrote a history of the Reeder family, focusing on the Alabama line: http://books.google.com/books/about/A_Brief_History_of_the_Reeder_Family_wit.html?id=tm_rHAAACAAJ
Article: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1iAsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BZ4FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1817%2C647220
Florence Times - Nov. 4, 1975
Mr. Reeder
William Marvin Reeder, 72, native of Florence, died Monday at his home in Chattanooga, Tenn., after a sudden illness.
He taught vocational agriculture at Lexington High School in Lauderdale County seven years and was an appraiser for the Federal Land Bank in Lawrence County before joining TVA where he worked 32 years before retiring as supervisor of appraisers at Chattanooga offices. He was a graduate of Auburn University and worked toward a master's degree in agriculture there.
He was a member of First Christian Church of Chatanooga and was on the Tennessee State Board of Equalization.
Surviving are his wife, Stella; daughters, Miss Jane Reeder, Chattanooga; Mrs. Nancy Blake, Atlanta, Ga., and two grandchildren.
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