Funeral services for Mrs. Clara Mae Phillips Reed, age 88, of Manchester, will be conducted at 1:00 PM on Friday, August 17, 2012 at Manchester Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Thaddeus Ashby officiating.
Burial will follow in Zion Hill Cemetery in Hillsboro.
Visitation with the family will be from 5:00 PM until 9:00 PM on Thursday evening at the funeral home.
Mrs. Reed passed away at her residence Wednesday morning.
Mrs. Reed was born in Guntersville, AL, the daughter of the late Monroe and Marry Ann Estes Phillips.
She was a homemaker and attended St. Paul Methodist Church.
In addition to her parents, Mrs. Reed was also preceded in death by her husband, Houston Reed; a daughter, Patricia Ann Lowry; a son-in-law, Earnest Hollon; five brothers, Fred, Jessie, Edward, Houston and Monroe Phillips; and three sisters, Vernia Brown, Lorine Reed, and Valton Vincent.
Clara is survived by one son, Bobby Joe Reed of Manchester; two daughters, Bonnie Louise Hollon of Centertown and Shirley Sue (Roger) Lowry of Manchester; 10 grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren and 8 great, great grandchildren, several nieces and nephews, and two special nephews, Billy and Rammond Heflin.
Manchester Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.