Larry Dermont Reid

Larry Dermont Reid, 72 of Ralph Moore Road, Bear Creek, went to his heavenly home on Saturday, June 2, 2012 at Moses H. Cone Hospital. A celebration of his life will be held Tuesday, June 5 at 2:00 PM at Sandy Branch Baptist Church in Bear Creek, NC where he was a member with Rev. Marc Sanders and Rev. Allen Overton officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends on Monday, June 4 from 6:00 - 8:00 at Smith & Buckner Funeral Home in Siler City. Larry retired from Townsend Farms in 2004 after working in the poultry business for 45 years. He was the son of the late Sadie Mae Burke Reid Wood and Clarence Reid. He will be sadly missed by his wife, Sheila Brady Reid; daughter, Sherry Elmore and husband, Craig; son, Larry David Reid and wife, Cindy; one granddaughter who was his special sunshine, Sienna Courie; two grand dogs, Bailey and Lucy all of Bear Creek; one sister, Barbara Reid Cooper and husband, Mitch of Greensboro, a special aunt and uncle, Dermont and Teeni Reid of Burlington; and a multitude of extended family and friends. In addition, Larry was a stand-in PawPaw for a host of Wild Things and Bears over the past eight years. Memorials may be made to Sandy Branch Baptist Church, 715 Sandy Branch Church Road, Bear Creek, NC 27207 or to the Chatham central High School Boosters Club, c/o Freddie Little, 2240 Campbell Road, Bear Creek, NC 27207. Online condolences may be made at www.pughfuneralhome.com.