James-Reed-Obituary

James Stanely Reed

Carson City, Nevada

Jan 23, 1938 – Dec 24, 2025 (Age 87)

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BORN
January 23, 1938
DIED
December 24, 2025
AGE
87
LOCATION
Carson City, Nevada

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Our Dad never let his hat hang on the nail for long. His late parents, DeWitt and Itha Ashworth Reed, were descendants of pioneering Nevada families. He was raised in McGill, Nevada, a small town he dearly loved, filled with amazing people. At White Pine High School, he was the yearbook editor,...

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Our deepest sympathy to Jim's family. He touched so very many lives in so many ways. Jim was a wonderful law partner and dear friend. Many people are brilliant like Jim, but few are so incredibly wise like Jim. He was the one who sat at a manual typewriter on the 4th floor of the Capitol building and crafted what became the landmark legislation we now refer to as the California Environmental Quality Act. A gentle, mostly quiet, and unassuming man. But someone that everyone listened to when...