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Ms. Reed graduated from Northington Elementary School and Tuscaloosa High School and attended the University of Alabama. A talented artist and craftsperson, she was a consummate film buff and an active member of the Alabama Wildlife Rescue Center while residing in Alabama. Rose Mari loved opera, ballet, and 1960s rock and roll. She played clarinet and piano. Her passions were archaeology, anthropology, and helping injured and helpless wildlife. She was a Girl Scout from elementary through high school. Rose was baptized at Forest Lake Baptist Church in Tuscaloosa.
Rose Mari's employers in Alabama were Alford Screen Printing, Warrior Screen Printing, and Pier One Imports. She worked at Sears while attending the University of Alabama. In Birmingham, she was employed by Reed Books/The Museum of Fond Memories.
Rose recently said that her favorite place to work in Columbia was Graph-itti T-Shirts, Inc. She had worked at Graph-itti for six years and planned to retire in 2016 at age 65. She embroidered sports and business clothing using computerized sewing machines.
Rose Mari loved Halloween, Christmas, birthdays, and any other excuse to have a party. She was shy and quiet with strangers. Those who were fortunate enough to know her met a humble, kind, sensitive, and intelligent person.
She is survived by her sister, Barbara Jean Reed Partrich of Columbia, S.C.; her brothers, James Thomas "Jim" Reed III of Birmingham, Ronald Lee "Ronny" Reed of Houston, Texas, and Timothy Ray "Tim" Reed of Chattanooga, Tenn.; and eight nieces and nephews and 11 grandnieces and grandnephews in Alabama, Texas, South Carolina, and Idaho.
Rose Mari's family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Alabama Wildlife Rescue Center, 100 Terrace Drive, Oak Mountain State Park, Pelham, AL 35124, or http://www.awrc.org/Donate%20Cash.
Rose Mari Reed's family will conduct a memorial service in her memory later this summer in Tuscaloosa.
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Jean Wilson
July 21, 2012
I worked with Rosi at Pier One Imports in Tuscaloosa many years ago. I enjoyed working with her, appreciated her keen sensibilities and loved her wistful smile. She was very kind to everyone. Rest in peace my friend...
July 13, 2012
Rosi was kind, fun and easy going. She was a wonderful Great Aunt to our children and always had something unique and creative for them on birthdays and holidays. She is dearly missed. Love, Kim
July 4, 2012
Our lives will never be the same without you, baby Sister. Our circle of five is broken. I miss you. You were companion to our Mother in her widowhood. You were friend to me in my old age. You gave so much and asked for so little. There will never be another Rosi.
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