July 12, 1923 –  April 6, 2016  Funeral services for Velma (Bradford) Reed, 92, will be held at 2:00 P.M., Friday, April 8, 2016 at Meador Funeral Home Chapel in Whitesboro with Rev. Joe Patterson officiating. Interment will follow at Macomb Cemetery. Family visitation will be on Thursday from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. at the funeral home.
Mrs. Reed passed away on Wednesday, April 6, 2016 in Sherman, Texas with her family by her side.

Velma was born on July 12, 1923 to Doff F. and Dovie (Whitworth) Bradford in Woodbine, Texas. She married JT Reed in 1939 in Gordonville, Texas. She was one of 23 children in her family. Velma was a member of Central Baptist Church of Whitesboro and she retired from Texas Instruments. She enjoyed gardening, canning the produce from her garden and all of her animals. Velma also enjoyed fishing and crocheting. She most enjoyed her family and loved her grandchildren greatly. Velma loved life and lived her life to the fullest every day.

She is survived by her sons, Larry Reed of Watauga, Texas, Roy Reed and wife, Pat of Calera, Oklahoma and Douglas Reed of Euless; 2 brothers, Archie Bradford and Eddie Bradford and wife Norma June; 3 sisters, Nadine Graves, Joyce Kays and husband, Fred and Lois Ann Osbrun; 15 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren and numerous great-great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

Velma was proceeded in death by her parents, Doff and Dovie Bradford; husband, JT Reed; a son, Harold Reed and 17 brothers and sisters.

Pallbearers will be her grandsons, Ricky Reed, Randy Reed, Tye Reed, Barry Reed, Ryan Reed and Bryan Metcalf.