Jerry Don Reid

This handsome country boy met his city girl on a blind date in 1962.  It was love at first sight for Jerry Don Reid and Lynda Louise Clawson. They married six months later and recently celebrated 53 happy years together.

Jerry was born in Cass, Arkansas in a log cabin to Melba Joy Turner Reid and Eugene Debs Reid.  The middle son of three boys, he was proud of his southern heritage and always reminisced of his youth and his many adventures in the Arkansas Ozarks with his cousins and brothers. Jerry later moved with his family to Sunflower, Kansas, where he made many life-long friends, before settling in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Jerry was always quick to lend a hand, fix the unfixable, impart his practical knowledge of many subjects, and support his Green Bay Packers and Utah Jazz.  His foot always tapping, he loved to listen to country music – Willie, Waylon and Dolly among his favorites. A family man who loved to dance with his favorite girls was always a moment to remember. He was a long-time resident and business owner in Cottonwood Heights, Utah, where many knew him for his integrity and workmanship.

Jerry passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family - his wife, Lynda; his children Greg Reid (Suzette), John Reid (Lisa), Dana Reid and Michael Reid. Five precious grandchildren called him Grampa: Ivy, Zoe, Erik, Keely, and Hudson Reid.

Jerry is survived by his wife and family, his brother Herbert Gene Reid (Betsy), Lexington, Kentucky, his niece and nephew, Amy and Trent Reid, cousin Lonnie Turner and many extended family and friends.

A celebration of Jerry's life will be held in his honor on Wednesday, March 16th from 6-8 pm at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 6950 Whitmore Way in Cottonwood Heights. Online messages can be made at www.holbrookmortuary.com.

"Grieve not, nor speak of me with tears, but laugh and talk of me as if I were beside you... I loved you so -- 'twas Heaven here with you."  -- Isla Paschal Richardson