Robert L. 'Bobby' Reed, 63

FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- Robert L. "Bobby" Reed, 63, of Fairfield Township, passed away early Saturday morning, Nov. 1, 2008, in South Jersey Regional Medical Center, Vineland, where he had been a patient for the past two weeks. He had been in declining health for the past seven months. Born in Bridgeton, he was son of the late Isaac Edward Sr. and Lillian (Robinson) Reed; and husband of Patricia (Reed) Reed. Bobby was a lifetime resident of Fairfield Township and had grown up in the Back Neck section of Fairton. Bobby was employed until his health started to fail him with Woodruff Energy, where he had worked for the past 43 years. He was an HVAC installer, and was involved with hundreds of installations through the years. He loved deer hunting and fishing and was a member of the Back Neck Gun Club. He enjoyed spending time with friends, running and training rabbit dogs and bird dogs, striper fishing along the banks, perch fishing in the creeks, and catching weakies in the Delaware Bay. He was a former member of the South Jersey Pony Trotters Association, and avid NASCAR racing fan and he loved spending time in his garden raising fresh vegetables. He will be sadly missed by all. Surviving him is his wife, Patricia; two daughters, Vanessa Charlton of Bridgeton and Bobbi Lynn Cain of New York; two brothers Isaac Edward Reed Jr. and his wife Kathryn of Fairfield Township and John Luther Reed and his wife Ruby also of Fairfield Township; two sisters, Ellen Grigsby and her husband Leonard of Dover, Del., and Donna Morris and her husband Larry of Fairfield Township; four grandchildren, Amanda, Ralph, Cody and David; his sister-in-law, Darlene Reed of Fairfield Township; a special cousin, Dorothy Edwards of Deerfield Township; and a host of nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins. Family and friends are invited to attend funeral services on Tuesday morning at 11 a.m. from the Sray-Webster Funeral Home, 62 Landis Ave., at Carll's Corner, Upper Deerfield Township. Entombment will take place in Greenwood Memorial Park Mausoleum, Millville. Friends may call on Tuesday morning from 10 to 11 a.m. at the funeral home prior to the services. Friends who will be serving as pallbearers are Perry Durham Sr., Perry Durham Jr., Wayne Durham Sr., Presley Durham Jr., Claude Taylor, and David Ridgway. Written condolences and expressions of sympathy may be sent to the family by visiting the funeral home website at www.sraywebsterfuneralhome.com.