Biography: John Edwards Reed, 87, died May 2, 2009 in a Hot Springs hospital. A native of Springdale, Arkansas, he was the son of the late Lula Caldwell and Fred E. Reed. He is preceded in death by his brothers, Neill Reed and Robert Reed and his sisters, Iris Reed and Freda Reed. He is survived by his wife of sixty years Elizabeth Strauss Reed; a son and two daughters and their husbands, Peggy and Tom Tucker of Little Rock, John Reed, Jr. of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Cathy and Don Slaton of Hot Springs, Arkansas. Grandchildren are Justin Tucker of Little Rock, Katherine Tucker Colgan of Maumelle, Peter Tucker of Little Rock, Meagan Reed Pittman of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Candice Reed Wutzke of Washington, D.C, Chris Slaton, Ray Slaton and Art Slaton all of Hot Springs and seven great-grandchildren. He is also survived by siblings, Rachel Reed Hepler of Barling, Arkansas, Jack Reed of Virginia, Raymond Reed of Grady, Arkansas, James Reed of Greenbrier, Arkansas and Fred Reed of Ohio. John Reed graduated high school from State Vocational School in Huntsville, Arkansas and the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. He earned three post-graduate degrees: Master of Divinity from Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, Masters of Personnel Administration from George Washington University, and a PhD in Philosophy of Education from the University of Texas at Austin, Texas. Reed served eighteen years in the regular United States Army as an enlisted medic, infantry officer and chaplain, with ten years outside the contiguous U.S., including the campaign across Northern Africa, Corsica and Italy. He served in WWII, traveling westward around the world, in Korea and at Fort Richardson, Anchorage, Alaska. He retired as a Lt. Colonel in 1968. He was a Professor Emeritus at the University of the Ozarks in Clarksville, Arkansas, having taught Sociology for 17 years. He was a member of the North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church, Philosophy of Education Society, Arkansas Sociological Association charter member, Phi Alpha Theta, Board of Directors of the Arkansas Gerontological Society, and a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason for 55 years. Funeral services will be Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. at Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church with Reverend Vic Nixon officiating. The family will greet guests in the parlor following the service. Burial will be Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. at Pinecrest Memorial Park in Mena, Arkansas. Memorials may be made to Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church TV Ministry,4823 Woodlawn Drive, Little Rock,AR 72205 or the Disabled American Veterans, P.O. Box 14301, Cincinnati, OH 45250-0301. Arrangements by Ruebel Funeral Home,www.ruebelfuneralhome.com.