Allie Ruth "Carey" Reed

Allie Ruth Carey Reed, age 100 passed away on August 15, 2025 in New Albany, IN. She was
born January 13, 1925, in Grant County, Indiana, to the late Levi Carey and Bessie Wylis
(Grose) Carey.
She was a retired nurse and longtime member of the First Baptist Church of Jeffersonville,
Indiana.
During WWII she served in the Cadet Nurse Corps at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Lexington,
KY. She attended the University of Kentucky and later graduated from Spalding University,
receiving a BSN while caring for a husband and three children. They were very cooperative in
assisting with household chores.
She met her husband, Dr. Edsel Reed, when he interned at Good Samaritan. They had 74
wonderful years together, having united in marriage on December 23, 1947.
During the Korean War, Dr. Reed was commissioned Captain in the Medical Corps Reserves,
assigned to Fort Clayton in the Panama Canal Zone. They lived there with their daughter Patricia
from 1951–1953.
They lived in St. Joseph, Missouri, where daughter Cynthia was born. Later, they moved to
Harlan, KY, for the opening of the Miners Memorial Hospital. A son, Edsel S. Reed Jr., joined
the family there. A couple of years later they moved to Jeffersonville, Indiana.
She was a Sagamore of the Wabash and a Kentucky Colonel. She was Regent of the Fanny
Rogers Clark Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution when the members, with a
consultant from the Salt Lake City Mormon Library, recorded the 100 wills of Clark County,
Indiana. Many of the wills were on scraps of very fragile paper. The results of the effort
produced seven bound volumes, which were placed in the Indiana Room of the Jeffersonville
Public Library, the Clarksville Library, and the Latter-Day Saints (LDS) Library in Salt Lake
City, Utah.
She had been historian of the Daughters of 1812 and Colonial Dames of America and the First
Baptist Church in Jeffersonville, IN. She enjoyed genealogy, traveling with her husband and
family. The children always said they never missed stopping to read a roadside historical marker.
They visited every state in the United States. She and her husband visited 177 foreign countries
and all oceans. They flew around the world with favorite stops to see the Taj Mahal in Agra,
India, and walk on the Great Wall of China, as well as visit Xi'an to see the Terra Cotta Army of
Emperor Qin.
During the Bicentennial, she was President of the Indiana State Medical Auxiliary. She
introduced "Doctors Day" to the state. It is still celebrated in March of each year. In later years
she and her husband enjoyed ballroom dancing to the Nutones and other bands.
She was predeceased by her husband, Dr. Edsel Reed; parents and brothers, Charles, Kenneth,
Junior, and sister Annie Kimmel.
Survivors include her daughters, Dr. Patricia R. Tate, (Dr. Michael), New Albany, IN, and
Cynthia R. Petrilli (Dr. Ralph), Longmont, CO; her son, Dr. Edsel S. Reed Jr., (Len Pacitti),
Louisville, KY; four grandchildren, Matthew Tate (Amy), Dr. Rachel Tate (Ed Stautberg). ,

Laura Marthaler (Greg), Brian Petrill; great granddaughter, Cecilia Stautberg and several nieces
and nephews.
A special thanks to the staff and friends at Westminster Village, Silvercrest, PAM rehab, Visiting
Angels,Hosparus of Southern Indiana and all her wonderful friends.
Visitation will be held on Wednesday, August 20, 2025 from 4 pm until 6 pm at the Scott
Funeral Home, 2515 Veterans Parkway, Jeffersonville, IN 47130 and on Thursday from 3 pm
until time of the service at the First Baptist Church, 2402 HWY 62, Jeffersonville, IN 47130.
Funeral Service will be held on Thursday at 4 pm at the church. A private burial will be held on
Friday in the Walnut Ridge Cemetery in Jeffersonville.