Jay Don Reynolds
Joe Denoyer - November 29, 2017 8:18 am
Jay Don Reynolds, was born in Avard, Oklahoma, on October 3, 1940, and died in Meade County, Kansas, on November 27, 2017, with is wife, Sheila by his side.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Cordilla (Olive) Reynolds and H.H. Reynolds; his brother Richard Reynolds, sister Patsy; and his son Christopher Reynolds. He is survived by his sons, Kansas Mark Reynolds of Dodge City, Kansas, and Chad Reynolds of Salem, Oregon; his stepchildren, Rona Kramer of Cimarron, Darin Riedlinger, and Micalah Preedy of Meade; sister, Joan Owens of Oregon; nephews Eric Owens of Oregon, and Dirk Reynolds of Oklahoma; nieces Reta Lindsley of Washington, Deeana Printz of Oregon.
He graduated from Coldwater High School and attended Northwestern Oklahoma State University. He then completed his legal education at Washburn. He then entered as a commissioned officer as a U.S. Marine and completed two tours in Viet Nam as a JAG officer. He continued to support the Marine activities as once a Marine always a Marine.
After Viet Nam he began his civilian legal career in Cimarron, Kansas, in 1969 and was elected county attorney for Gray County in 1971. He became 16th judicial circuit judge in 1977 and retired in 2001.
He married his sunshine Sheila Preedy on February 19, 2011 and relocated to Meade, Kansas, and attended the Emmanuel Mennonite Church.
He was a member of the American Quarter Horse Association, National Cutting Horse Association, VFW, and the Southwest Kansas Bar Association. He was an active member of the Dodge City community in various civic organizations including New Chance and the Dodge City Round Up Arena.
Throughout his life he had enjoyed the outdoors. His love of horses continued with success in showing and breeding Quarter horses. Hunting was a passion from elk in Colorado, wild pigs in Texas, alligators in Florida, to the big game in South Africa. He always was on the lookout to help someone better themselves. A great friend, father, son, uncle, brother, and husband.
Semper Fidelis
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, December 8, 2017, at the Emmanuel Mennonite Church, Meade. Friends may call from 9:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. Thursday with the family present from 7:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Fidler-Orme-Bachman Mortuary. Interment will follow the service in the Kansas Veterans Cemetery Ft. Dodge at 2:00 p.m. Friday.
In lieu of flowers the family would welcome memorials to the Micalah Preedy Education Fund in care of the funeral home.
Personal condolences may be given to the family at www.fidlerormebachmanmortuary.com