Reed White

Reed White, 81, long time resident of Chattanooga passed away Saturday, May 4, 2013.He was born Aug. 14, 1931 in Tellico Plains, Tenn. Reed has been a member of South Seminole Baptist Church where he taught Sunday school for several years and was a Deacon Emeritus. He was a member of Chattanooga Southeast Gideon Camp and past president of Chattanooga Lions Club.He retired from the state of Tennessee after 42 years of service where he was most recently the Southeast Tennessee Regional Director for Vocational Rehabilitation.Survivors include his wife, Yvonne White; sons, Gary White and wife, Gale White, of Chattanooga, David White and wife, Janet White, of Ringgold; grandchildren, Katie Griswold and husband, Andrew, of Mount Juliet, Tenn., Jacob and Taylor White, of Chattanooga, Hunter, Conner and Lindsey White, of Ringgold; sister, Florence Cable, of Smyrna, Ga.; brother, Marion White, of Alcoa, Tenn.; "nephews" Calvin and Clayton Farley. "niece" Judy Moore.Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 8, at Heritage Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ron Perry officiating.The interment will follow in Shady Grove Cemetery in Tellico Plains, Tenn. Pallbearers will be his beloved grandsons.Visit www.heritagefh.com to share words of comfort to the family.In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions be made to the Gideons or his church.The family will receive friends 4-8 p.m. today at Heritage Funeral Home, 7454 East Brainerd Road.