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 Bu r lsworth 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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