Mr. Franklin Donell Reed

May 17, 1963 - April 25, 2022

Columbus, Ohio Mr. Franklin Donell Reed, age 58, passed into rest, April 25, 2022. He was the son of the late Willie James Reed, Jr., and the late Almeter Mincey Reed. He attended the public school system in Bulloch County and was a 1982 graduate of Southeast Bulloch High School. After graduation he moved to Cleveland, Ohio and lived with his aunt and uncle, Harry and Marlene Reed. He attended Columbus State University. Mr. Reed was employed by Pactiv for thirty-five years of service. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his grandparents, Willie James “Bubba” Reed, Lola May McCullough, Thomas Curtis Mincey and Lila May Hutley. He is survived by, uncle and aunt, Harry and Marlene Reed, Columbus, OH; sisters, France Reed, Statesboro, GA and Teresa Reed, Savannah, GA; brothers, Bernard (Angie) Reed, Brooklet, GA, Charles (Angie) Walker, Savannah, GA, Calvin (Irene) Walker, Metter, GA and Issac Smith, Jacksonville, FLA; aunts, Geraldine Sheets, Dorchester, Mass., Christine Robinson, Williamsburg, VA, Helen (Robert) Garett, Philadelphia, PA, Brenda Womack Lynn, Mass, Linda Smith, Clearwater, FLA, Diane Porter and Antionette Steed; uncles, Lewis Reed, Terry (Jeanette) Reed and Amos Reed all of Massachusetts; a close friend, Margarette Griffin, Columbus, OH; his godchild, Moneek A. Clark, Savannah, GA; a god sister, Barbra Collins, Metter, GA; several nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Family visitation will be held on Friday evening, May 6, 2002, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the chapel of Hill’s Mortuary, Inc. The funeral service for Mr. Franklin Donell Reed will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday May 7, 2022, at Hill’s Mortuary Pondside with Minister Brenda J. Reed-Womack, officiating. Burial will be in the Sam’s Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Metter, Georgia. Final rites have been entrusted to Hill’s Mortuary, Inc.