Ebe T. Reynolds, 86

GREENWOOD - Ebe T. Reynolds Jr., of Greenwood, passed away in the presence of family on Friday, March 13, 2009, at the Delaware Veterans Home, Milford. He was 86. Ebe, son of the late Ebe T. Reynolds Sr. and Sara Harrington Reynolds, was born in Harrington on June 13, 1922. He graduated from Greenwood High School with the class of 1940. He was particularly pleased when he became the longest surviving male of that class. Ebe was drafted in 1942 into the U.S. Army Air Corp. and served overseas in Venosa, Italy in the 485th Bomb Group where he attained the rank of Master Sergeant as a ground Crew Chief. Upon returning to civilian life, he resumed his pre-military position at G.W. Hanks Grocery Store in Greenwood where he had worked since boyhood. In 1953, he and his wife bought Hanks Store which then became Reynolds Market and which they operated until retiring in 1978. He was a member of Independent Bible Fellowship Church, Harrington; a former charter member and former commander of the Greenwood VFW, and a former member of the Gideons South Kent Camp. Besides his parents he was preceded in death by a brother, John (Jack) W. Reynolds. He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Helen Griffith Reynolds; his son Jay G. and his wife Penny of Dover; two granddaughters, Jennifer L. Reynolds of Wilmington and Beth Christiansen and her husband Sean; and two great-grandsons, Troy and Chase Christiansen of Dover; a brother, Charles R. Reynolds and his wife Jeanne of Dover; and a sister-in-law, Nancy Reynolds of Wyckoff, N.J. Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Friday, March 20, at Independent Bible Fellowship Church, 6797 Milford-Harrington Hwy., Harrington. A viewing will be held on Thursday, March 19, from 6-8 p.m. at Fleischauer Funeral Home, 16 W. Market St., Greenwood. Interment will be held at St. Johnstown Cemetery, Greenwood. Floral tributes are welcome as are memorial contributions to the Independent Bible Fellowship Church, 6797 Milford-Harrington Hwy, Harrington, DE 19952; or The Gideons International, P.O. Box 56, Harrington, DE 19952.