Berneice was born September 19, 1918, in Adrian, MO, a daughter of William Blaine and Ruby (Owen) McCulloh. She grew up in Adrian and was a 1935 graduate of Adrian High School. She also attended one year of business college in Kansas City, MO. Berneice married John Murry Reed on February 11, 1940, in Kansas City at the home of her parents. During her married life, she helped her husband with his insurance agency in Hamilton, MO, before moving to Adrian in 1956. After Murry's death on March 14, 1963, she was employed by the Associated Natural Gas Co. in Butler, MO, for 12 years, retiring in September 1978.
Berneice was a member of the Adrian First Baptist Church, the Women’s Business Club in Butler, the Rollin Bobbins Social Club, and the Solo Club. She moved to Grove, OK, in August 2010 to be near her family.
Berneice was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Murry, her sister, Lucille Stuckey, and a brother, Harold Dean McCulloh. She is survived by two sons, John Michael Reed (Suzanne) of Hot Springs Village, AR, and Richard Don Reed of Grove, OK; one daughter, Carol Sue Rice (Tom) of Grove, OK; three grandchildren, Jim Reed of Castro Valley, CA, Gail Reed of Grove, OK, and Debra Reed of Grove, OK; two step-grandchildren, Shila Faries (John) of Parker, CO and Lindsay Allen (Sean) of Morrison, CO; three great-grandchildren, Miles Reed, Lola Reed, and Josephine Martinez of Castro Valley, CA; and two step-great-grandchildren, Ella Faries of Parker, CO and Macie Allen of Morrison, CO.
A Memorial “Celebration of Life” service will be held at Baptist Village Retirement Center in Grove, OK, on June 21, 2019, at noon.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests a memorial donation in honor of Berneice's life be made to Physician's Choice Hospice. Donations may be made online at physicianschoicehospice.com or a check mailed to Physician's Choice Hospice, 14324 N. Western Avenue, Edmond, OK 73013.
