Orville Kent Reed, 88, of Palmyra, Pennsylvania passed away Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021. He was the son of Evelyn Reed and Orville Potts. He is a descendent of Jackson County, Ohio pioneer Brice Reed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He grew up in Wellston, Ohio, and played baseball and football as a member of the Capital Southeastern Ohio All Star Team. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education from Otterbein College, where he was a football letterman and team captain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He then taught and coached football, basketball and track at various Ohio high schools, including Lakeside, Willard, Cardington and Clear Fork, and was named Central Ohio Coach of the Year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He then received a Masters of Arts Degree in Education from Eastern Kentucky University, where he coached defense and kickers for two winning seasons with a first-round NFL draft pick while working on his Doctorate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He then worked as a professor and football, track and field and cross-country coach at Lebanon Valley College where he coached numerous All-Americans. After a distinguished and outstanding 42-year career at LVC, he retired as chairman of the Physical Education Department and was named Professor Emeritus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An Army veteran, he is predeceased by his brother, Carlton Eugene Reed of Columbus, Ohio. He is survived by his sister, Gloria Peterson of Springfield, Illinois; his daughter, Tamara Reed and son-in-law Michael Trump of Middletown, Pennsylvania; numerous cousins, nieces, nephews, and the thousands of student athletes on whose lives he made such a profound impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Services will be private and at the convenience of the family. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Kent’s name to Wellston City Schools Athletic Department Track & Field Fund, C\/o Tami Downard, Treasurer, 1 East Broadway, Wellston, OH 45692.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The family has entrusted Matinchek Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., 260 E. Main St. in Middletown, Pennsylvania, with the arrangements. Condolences may be sent online at www.matinchekfuneralhome.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Orville Kent Reed, 88, of Palmyra, Pennsylvania passed away Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021. He was the son of Evelyn Reed and Orville Potts. He is a descendent of Jackson County, Ohio pioneer Brice Reed. He grew up in Wellston, Ohio, and played baseball and football as a member of the Capital Southeastern Ohio All Star\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11872"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11873,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11872\/revisions\/11873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}