Christine Taylor Reeder age 77 of Smithville, passed away Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at St. Thomas DeKalb Hospital. She was born January 17, 1940 to her parents, the late Albert and Pauline Hoover Taylor. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her step-mother, Winnie Taylor; husband, Melvin Reeder; granddaughter, Lindsay Reeder; 1 brother, Buddy Taylor and 1 sister, Faye Lohorn. Ms. Christine was a member of The Baptist Tabernacle, retired factory worker and baby sitter. She is survived by 2 children, Regena (Reginald) Truitt of Smithville and Charles (Liz) Reeder of Cookeville; 5 grandchildren, Whitney Houk (Ana Armendariz), Corey Winchester, Amanda (Jeff) Rippy, Chavon Young and Reggie Truitt (Nesea Napper); 7 great-grandchildren; 6 sisters, Mary Ludy of Smyrna, Peggy (Ralph) Tramel of Smithville, Judy (Ronnie) Redmon of Dowelltown, Linda (Alvin) Armour of Smithville, Darlene Jones of Smithville and Sandy (Cam) Dunn of Smithville; 5 brothers, Ricky (Dianne) Taylor of Murfreesboro, Ronnie Taylor of Smithville, Jerry Taylor of Smithville, Jimmy (Rita) Taylor of Smithville, Tony (Vickie) Taylor of Murfreesboro; brother-in-law, Don Lohorn of Smithville; sisters-in-law, Brenda Taylor of Smithville, Sally Tims of Cookeville, Hazel Bowman of Carthage and Susie Vandergriff of Smithville; many nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral services will be 3 PM Saturday, June 17, 2017 at DeKalb Funeral Chapel with Bro. Garry McBride officiating and burial will follow in DeKalb Memorial Gardens. Visitation with the family will be on Friday 11:AM until 8 PM and Saturday 10:AM until the time of the service at 3 PM. DeKalb Funeral Chapel is in charge of the arrangements.
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