Stanley Eldon Reed was born on August 1, 1951, in Milan, Tennessee, and grew up in in Marianna, Lee County, Arkansas.
He earned a B.A. in agricultural engineering in 1973 and a J.D. in 1976 from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.
Governor Mike Huckabee appointed him to the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees in 1998. With his experience as both a lawyer and a Marianna-based cotton farmer, Reed became the president of the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation in 2003. He also served on the boards of Simmons National Bank, the Brandon Burlsworth Foundation, and Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield.
Reed passed away on July 15, 2011.
#1: Composite image of still frame from Pryor Center video interview and early photo of Stanley Reed
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#2: Stanley Reed's father, Eldon Reed (3rd from left)
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#3: Stanley Reed's father, Eldon Reed (2nd row, 3rd from left)
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#4: Stanley Reed's father, Eldon Reed, standing by a new highway
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#5: Stanley Reed's father, Eldon Reed, US Marine Corps
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#6: Stanley Reed's parents, Willene and Eldon Reed
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#7: Stanley Reed's father, Eldon Reed
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#8: Stanley Reed's father, Eldon Reed, Marianna, Arkansas
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#9: Stanley Reed's father, Eldon Reed, Marianna, Arkansas
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#10: Stanley Reed's father, Eldon Reed, on one of the first mechanical cotton pickers, Marianna, Arkansas
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#11: Stanley Reed's father, Eldon Reed
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#12: Stanley Reed's father, Eldon Reed, ca. 1957
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#13: Stanley Reed's father, Eldon Reed
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#14: Stanley Reed (right) with his parents, Eldon and Willene Reed
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#15: Stanley Reed, ca. 1968
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#16: Stanley Reed (left, in hat) at camp in Hot Springs where he was a counselor
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#17: Stanley Reed, vice president of the student council, Marianna High School, 1969
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#18: Stanley Reed with his date, Pat Kelly
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#19: Stanley Reed, high school senior; Marianna, Arkansas, 1969
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#20: Stanley Reed, high school senior; Marianna, Arkansas, 1969
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#21: Yearbook photo of Stanley Reed, "Mr. Marianna High School," 1969
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#22: Stanley Reed (back row, 2nd from left) on Baptist Church trip to California
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#23: Stanley Reed with his father, Eldon Reed, standing in a cotton field, Marianna, Arkansas
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#24: Stanley Reed (right) with his father, Eldon Reed, Marianna, Arkansas
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#25: Stanley Reed's wife, Charlene Berner Reed, at the Confederate Cemetery in Fayetteville, Arkansas
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#26: Stanley and Charlene Reed at her graduation from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville; Razorback Stadium, May 1974
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#27: Stanley and Charlene Reed at his graduation from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Razorback Stadium
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#28: Stanley Reed, wedding photo
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#29: Charlene Reed, wedding photo
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#30: Stanley Reed with daughter, Haley, who was born August 9, 1977
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#31: Stanley Reed's daughter, Haley Reed, campaigning for her father when he ran for the Arkansas Senate
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#32: Three generations of the Reed family, Eldon, Nathan, and Stanley Reed; Marianna, Arkansas, ca. 1985
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#33: Stanley Reed's children, Anna, Nathan, and Haley, with Santa
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#34: Stanley Reed's family, back row: Willene, Anna, Stanley; front row: Nathan and Haley
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#35: Haley and Charlene Reed, Lee County Farm Family of the Year, 1984
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#36: Stanley Reed's daughter, Haley Reed (back row, 2nd from right), with Robert McGinnis and Bill Clinton
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#37: Stanley Reed
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#38: Note from First National Bank of Marianna to Stanley Reed concerning a newspaper article about a Farm Bureau meeting
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#39: Jim Lindsey and Stanley Reed, Marianna, Arkansas
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#40: Stanley Reed with his children, Anna, Haley, and Nathan, Marianna, Arkansas
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#41: Stanley Reed with his children, back row: Haley, Stanley, and Nathan; front row: Anna, 1991
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#42: Stanley, Eldon, and Nathan Reed, 60th anniversary of the battle of Iwo Jima, Washington DC
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#43: Nathan Reed, unknown, Eldon Reed, Stanley Reed, 60th anniversary of the battle of Iwo Jima; Washington, DC
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#44: Stanley Reed shaking hands with Fidel Castro
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#45: Note from President Bill Clinton to Stanley Reed, 2007
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#46: Stanley and Charlene Reed with their grandchildren at an auction, Marianna, Arkansas
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#47: Behind-the-scenes photo from Pryor Center interview with Stanley Reed; Marianna, Arkansas, 2009
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#48: Behind-the-scenes photo from Pryor Center interview with Stanley Reed; Marianna, Arkansas, 2009
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#49: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Stanley Reed; Marianna, Arkansas, 2009
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