Jack Dalton Reynolds

1931 - 2010

Jack Dalton Reynolds, 78, passed away peacefully Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010.
Funeral: 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Meadowbrook United Methodist Church, 3900 Meadowbrook Drive, Fort Worth. Interment: Shannon Rose Hill Cemetery. Visitation: The family will receive friends 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Shannon Rose Hill Funeral Chapel.
Memorials: In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Meadowbrook United Methodist Church.
Jack was born April 7, 1931, in Fort Worth. He graduated from Polytechnic High in 1949 and TCU in 1954. He married Mary Nell Clack in 1950.
Jack was an aerospace engineer at Convair/General Dynamics/Lockheed Martin for 37 years, retiring in 1993. He held five patents and authored 26 national publications.
He was a lifetime member of Meadowbrook United Methodist Church, where he taught fifth- and sixth-grade Sunday school classes from 1950 until 2005 and was a member of the Wesleyan Class. He also served many years as Scoutmaster and post adviser for Troop 12, Boy Scouts of America, where he attained the rank of Eagle Scout with Bronze and Silver Palms.
Jack played fast-pitch softball for Meadowbrook for 37 years and managed the team for 12 years. He was selected All-City and All-State catcher many times, state most valuable player in 1964 and played on four state championship teams. He was inducted into the Texas Amateur Athletic Federation Hall of Fame in 2007.
While a fierce competitor on the playing field, he was a gentle man in life. Jack was an avid reader, collector and genealogical researcher. He had a special fondness for animals and a menagerie of pets. He loved to learn and to teach. His grandchildren will remember his many stories of family and history.
Jack loved visiting and keeping up with friends from his school days, church, work and softball, but his greatest pleasure in life was time spent with his family. Jack had many talents but was best at being a son, brother, husband, father, grandparent and uncle.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Fain and Mildred Reynolds; brother, Randol Reynolds; and son, Stan Reynolds.
Survivors: His loving wife of 59 years, Mary Reynolds; children, Dan Reynolds and Angela Cross; grandchildren, Chris, Ally, Kylie, Travis, Corbin, Conner and Stanton; and brother, Don Reynolds of Eau Claire, Wis.