Gladys Marie Scruggs Reed

Gladys Marie Scruggs Reed, age 101, died at Baxter Regional Hospital in Mountain Home, Arkansas, January 25, 2023.  She was born in Ward, Arkansas on June 12, 1921, to Elmer Scruggs and Ollie Rose Folks Scruggs.  A retired seamstress, she lived most of her life in Jacksonville and Beebe, Arkansas.

She is survived by a son, Eddie (Judy) Reed of Mountain Home, Arkansas; daughter, Linda Reed of Shelby, North Carolina; six grandchildren; and five great grandchildren.

Gladys was preceded in death by her parents and her husband of seventy-seven years, Boyd Reed, in 2016.

Graveside services will be held at Sylvania Cemetery on Saturday, February 11^th at 2:00 p.m.  Arrangements made by Smith Westbrook Funeral Home, 404 W Dewitt Henry, Beebe, Arkansas 72012.  Visit www.smithfamilycares.com/westbrook to view the online registry.