John L. Reynolds

Family-Placed Death Notice

MR. JOHN L. REYNOLDS Was born in Columbia, S.C., February 2, 1916, attended the University of South Carolina, and received a B.S. degree in civil engineering in 1941. Upon graduation, he accepted a position with the Glenn L. Martin Co., Baltimore, MD, where he became a liaison engineer on the B-26 Marauder Bomber and the PBM Patrol Seaplane. In 1945, Mr. Reynolds accepted a position with Aircraft Mechanics in Colorado Springs, CO. as a structural engineer. At the close of World War II, he returned to Columbia, S.C. and took a position with Simplex Time Recorder Co., which sent him to Atlanta, GA as a district manager for the state of Georgia. In 1953 Mr. Reynolds returned to aircraft engineering with Lockheed Aircraft in Marietta, GA and Burbank, CA as stress analyst on the main frame and landing gear- support of the C-130A Hercules aircraft. After two years, Mr. Reynolds established his own business. The "John Reynolds Co." represented industrial machinery in six southeastern states. After 23 years, and reaching early retirement age, he sold his company to the Gordon Bone Co. in 1987, and enjoyed traveling and leisure with his wife of 63 and one half years, Jerry Lee Reynolds. Mr. Reynolds is survived by his wife, Jerry; Mr. and Mrs. John L. Reynolds, Jr.; and their three children Ryan Chamblin Reynolds, Morgan Schiehle Reynolds and Dallas Jackson Reynolds of West Chester, PA, and by Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Reynolds of Atlanta, GA. A memorial service will be held Monday, April 26th at 2:00 p.m. in the chapel of A. S. Turner & Sons. The family will receive friends from 12:00 noon to 2:00 p.m. Monday at A. S. Turner & Sons.