Lt Cora Dexter Reynolds

Lt. Col. Cora Â?PeteÂ? Dexter Reynolds, 81 of Ringgold VA, died Sunday night September 20, 2009 at Stratford Rehabilitation Center in Danville, VA after being in declining health for several months. Born February 13, 1928 in Chatham VA, she was the daughter of the late Gerald P. Reynolds and the late Della F. Reynolds of Callands, VA. She was a graduate of the former Brosville High School Class of 1946 and then graduated from Radford College in Virginia with a degree in Physical Education. She joined the United States Army in 1950 where she obtained her Medical Field Service Qualification in Colorado, then her Emergency Medicine Treatment Certification in El Paso Texas, finally transitioning into Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation for various Army Hospitals and Field Surgical Units. Lt. Col. Reynolds was stationed in many places in the United States and around the globe during her tenure with the U.S. Army. Her stations in the US included U.S Army Field Hospitals and Surgical Units in Missouri, Texas, Michigan, Washington D.C., Fort Knox, Kentucky, Fort Ord, California Fort Pickett, Virginia, Maryland and others. Her overseas deployments included Okinawa, the Philippines, Germany and Vietnam where she was active in the TET campaign of 1969. Lt. Col. Reynolds rendered vital rehabilitation and medical services to injured and disabled veterans during her career in the Army. Her awards and decorations were many and included the Bronze Star Medal and Meritorious Service Medal. After retiring from active duty in 1972 Cora settled on a quiet farm in Ringgold VA to live out her days with those she loved. She is survived by seven nieces and nephews and their children and grandchildren. She was predeceased in death by one brother, Gerald Reynolds; and two sisters, Elizabeth Reynolds Furr and Peggy Reynolds Hubbard. Funeral services will be conducted on Thursday, September 24, at 2:00 p.m. at the Wrenn-Yeatts North Main Chapel with the Reverend Carl Burger officiating. Interment will follow the service in Hollywood Baptist Church Cemetery in Callands, VA. Military Honors will be conducted by the United States Army. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. The family requests, in lieu of flowers and to honor PeteÂ?s love for all animals, memorials be made to Danville Area Humane Society, P.O. Box 3352, Danville, Virginia 24543. 434-799-0843. Please specify the donation was made in Memory of Cora Reynolds. Wrenn-Yeatts North Main Chapel is respectfully serving the Reynolds family.

Lt Cora Dexter Reynolds

February 13, 1928 - September 20, 2009