Carol Jean Reed

Carol Jean Reed, 80, passed away under the care of Hillcrest Hospice on October 3, 2026. She was born in Atlanta on March 14, 1946 and proudly called the Peachtree City her home for the remainder of her life.

Following graduation with Honors from West Fulton High School in 1964, she attended college at the Women’s College of Georgia in Milledgeville, now known as Georgia College and State University, pursuing studies in Medical Technology. After she left university, she worked at the Southeast Region Office of the Food and Drug Administration. Subsequently, she enjoyed an almost three decades-long career at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as a Biological Laboratories Technician until her retirement from civil service in 1996. She worked on the water quality, AIDS, and biological products programs.

Throughout her adult years, and especially during her retirement, she enjoyed many hobbies such as singing, reading, birding, hiking, camping and caring for her many pet cats. She devoted time to many causes close to her heart such as the Humane Society, the Sierra Club, and the Audubon Society. She was an Audubon Society Master Birder and was involved with the Georgia Appalachian Trail Club.

She is survived by her daughter Ellen Weaver of Warner Robins, her grandson Robert E. Benge IV also of Warner Robins, her sister-in-law Carol Campbell Reed of Powder Springs and her nephews, Keith and Chris Reed.

As the last surviving member of her nuclear family, she was preceded in death by her parents, James Reno Reed and Cecile Bizzell Reed, her sister, Alice Jacquelyn Reed and her brother James Daniel Reed.

She was laid to rest in Westview Cemetery in Atlanta, next to her sister.