Reed, Bazil Granville 1904-1992

REED, HUNTER, STEWART, RIPPY

Posted By: Doris Hoffman, Volunteer (email)
Date: 10/27/2024 at 09:52:02

Bazil G. Reed

FORT WORTH—Bazil Granvil “V. G.” Reed, an engineering consultant for Skyline Industries, died Wednesday at a Fort Worth care center. He was 88.

Memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Shannon TCU Funeral Chapel.

Mr. Reed was born in Sioux City, Iowa, and had lived in Fort Worth since 1950.

He was a graduate of Morningside College in Sioux City and received a bachelor of science degree in aeronautical engineering from the University of Michigan.

Mr. Reed was a former employee of Northrop Aircraft and worked on the Flying Wing. He began work at General dynamics in 1950 and retired in 1969 as vice president of operations.

He also held a Glider License 17 from 1931, signed by Orville Wright.

Survivors: Wife, Pauline Rippy Reed of Fort Worth; son, James Reed of Lake Havasu, Ariz.; two grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Thursday, November12, 1992
Fort Worth, Texas
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Though it doesn’t mention it. He was preceded in death by his parents James Thomas Reed (died in 1937) and Ellena (Hunter) Reed (died in 1954 in Los Angeles, CA) and two sisters. A twin sister Thora Elizabeth Reed who died in 1919 and is buried in Riverside Cemetery, Akron, Plymouth County, Iowa beside her father. He also was preceded in death by an older sister Mona (Reed) Britton who died in Los Angeles in 1981 and his first wife Bertha (Stewart) Reed in 1952 I have been unable to locate the obituary of the mother who probably is buried in Los Angeles, CA. He lived for awhile in Akron, Iowa when he was young.