Mrs. Frances Nell Reed, age 75 of Trion, Georgia passed away Saturday, March 3, 2012 at the Redmond Regional Medical Center.

Mrs. Reed was born in Bridgeport, Alabama on November 14, 1936, daughter of the late Tommy Loyd and Rachel Smith Loyd. She loved her family more than anything else, but also enjoyed flowers and fishing. She always worked hard raising a garden and canning food. She was a great provider working hard and being very thrifty to make sure the needs of her family were met. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Reed was preceded in death by her husbands, Bob Gentry, Steve Townsend and Fred Reed; brothers, Joe Loyd and Charles Loyd; and a granddaughter, December Gentry.

Mrs. Reed is survived by her children and their spouses, Carl “Euts” and Jeannette Gentry, Lafayette, Barbara and Rickey Edwards, Gaylesville, Betty Jo and Jeff Edge of Trion, and Shirley Hines Bullard of Summerville; brother and sister-in- law, Willie “Bill” and Janice Loyd, Lafayette; sister, Edna and David Guinn, Trion; grandchildren, Gene Hartbarger, January Gable, Jeffery Edge, Jr., Betty Barfield, Bobby Hines, Rickey Hines, Chris Gentry and Bobbie Ballew; 10 great grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.

Funeral Services for Mrs. Reed will be held Monday, March 5, 2012 at 4:00 P.M. in the chapel of the Mason Funeral Home with Rev. Paul Martin and Rev. William Rich officiating. Interment will follow in the Wooten Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Gene Hartbarger, Chris Gentry, Jimmy Dale Westbrooks, Jeffery Edge, Jr., Darty McGuire, Jim Odum, Steve Collins and Zack Moore. Honorary Pallbearers will be Terry Green, Oland Summerall, Jeff Edge, Rickey Edwards, Glenn Bullard and Tommy Odum.

Mrs. Reed will be in state at the Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends Sunday evening from 6 until 8 P.M.