Thomas Center REED, III^{[1, 2, 3]}

1943 - 2019  (76 years)

• Name	Thomas Center REED  [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Suffix	III
  Birth	1943	Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina
  Gender	Male
  HIST	of Sumter, South Carolina Is his middle name Center or Carter? jkh How is he a III when his son is a Jr. and he has a grandson who is the III? jkh Is this the correct Thomas C. Reed III who married Barbara N. Reed? If so, then the following obituary is about their daughter. Barbara Ann Joyce SURFSIDE BEACH — Barbara Ann Reed Joyce, age 45, beloved wife of Freddie E. Joyce, died on July 2, 2012. Born in Sumter, she was the daughter of Thomas C. Reed III and Barbara N. Reed. She graduated from Wilson Hall School and was an undergraduate of Coastal Carolina earning her master’s degree in special education from Francis Marion University and a master’s degree in human resources from Leslie University. She later retired from the Horry County School System. Surviving in addition to her husband are a daughter, Virginia “GG” Leigh Joyce of Sumter; two brothers, Thomas C. Reed Jr. of Charleston and Major James Bentham Walker Reed; and a sister, Leigh Reed Dinkins. She was preceded in death by a sister, Miriam V. Reed. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Sumter Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Jim Barrineau, Jay Driggers, Jimmy Mims, Terry Reynolds, Edwin Seastrunk and Mike Todd. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service from 10 to 11 a.m. at Bullock Funeral Home. You may sign the family’s guest book at www.bullockfuneralhome.com. The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home for the arrangements. Posted in Obituaries on Thursday, July 5, 2012 THOMAS REED III Posted Friday, October 25, 2019 6:00 am Thomas Center Reed III, 76, died Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019, at Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital in Sumter. Born in Sumter, he was the son of the late Clement H. Reed and Miriam DuRant Reed. Mr. Reed was a member of First Presbyterian Church. He was the owner, operator and a licensed forester with Sumter Forest Products. Surviving are his fianc e, Karen Ward of Sumter; a daughter, Leigh DuRant Reed of Sumter, daughter of his former wife, Barbara "Bobbie" Niemeyer Reed; two sons, Thomas Center Reed Jr. (Lindsey Graham, fianc e) of Folly Beach and James Bentham Walker Reed of Sumter, sons of his former wife, Mary Edmunds Reed; a sister, Miriam "Mimi" Reed Broome (Rick) of Sumter; three grandchildren, Virginia Leigh "Gigi" Joyce, Thomas Center Reed III, Barrow Huger Reed; and a nephew, Reed Watts (Mary Lee). He was preceded in death by two daughters, Miriam Virginia "Ginger" Reed and Barbara "Ann" Reed Joyce, daughters of his former wife, Barbara "Bobbie" Niemeyer Reed; and a nephew, William Clement "Chad" Watts. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the DuRant-New Harmony Cemetery at the intersection of Brewington Road and Interstate 95 with the Rev. Mark Yoder officiating. Pallbearers will be John Jones III, John Shaw, Ross Ward, Dayton Ward, Anderson Ward, Reed Watts, Marion Moses and Sandy Sanders. Honorary pallbearers will be Stuart Ward, Ben Edmunds, Frank Moses, Phil Palmer, Bill Stuckey, Jimmy Cromer, Gantt Williams, Dougie Patterson, Michael Yates, Rick Broome, Carl Croft, Bunt Wilson and John White. The family will receive friends from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday at the home of Karen Ward, 822 Gordonia Drive. Memorials may be made to the DuRant-New Harmony Cemetery Fund, 1174 New Harmony Church Road, Alcolu, SC 29001. Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals.com. Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements (803) 775-9386.  [5, 6, 9, 10, 11]
  _UID	E44A640F8DB04BBAB00B428CB2419C5C57A9
  Death	23 Oct 2019	Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina
  Burial	29 Oct 2019	DuRant-New Harmony Cemetery, at the corner of I-95 and N. Brewington Road, Gable, South Carolina   [9]
  	Elmore-Hill-McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, Sumter, South Carolina
  Person ID	I86101	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	23 Sep 2022

  
  

  Father	Clement Herbert REED,   b. Abt 1917, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina d. 27 Jan 2003, Tuomey Regional Medical Center, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Miriam DURANT,   b. 1919   d. 1988 (Age 69 years)
  _UID	7784DADB0B844DE99E5A9780C56684C7FA1F
  _UID	7784DADB0B844DE99E5A9780C56684C7FA1F
  Family ID	F59837	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Barbara “Bobbie” NIEMEYER,   b. 1946   d. 18 Sep 2022, at her residence, (Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina) (Age 76 years)
  _UID	D8D17B1F925249DEB55AAC4C18D8B7221E2C
  _UID	D8D17B1F925249DEB55AAC4C18D8B7221E2C
  Children	1. Leigh DuRant REED   2. Miriam Virginia “Ginger” REED   d. Bef 23 Oct 2019   3. Barbara Ann “Ann” REED,   b. 1967, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 2 Jul 2012 (Age 45 years)
  Family ID	F215429	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Nov 2019

  
  

  Family 2	Karen WARD
  _UID	0725DA20A8B4455BA5DDE69116B108C1AB50
  _UID	0725DA20A8B4455BA5DDE69116B108C1AB50
  Family ID	F59839	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Nov 2019

  
  

  Family 3	Living
  Children	1. Thomas Center REED, Jr.   2. Major James Bentham Walker REED
  Family ID	F98576	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Nov 2019

  
  

• Sources

  [S29111] Richard Edmunds. [S29942] Bentham Walker Edmunds. [S30238] Barbara Niemeyer Reed. [S1899] page 25. [S2099] Clement H. Reed. [S4511] Elizabeth Edmunds. [S7035] . [S10134] Edmunds Family Bible. [S27203] Thomas Reed III. [S27206] Larry Newell. [S27207] Barbara Ann Reed.