William Neal Reynolds, ll

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William Neal Reynolds II
REYNOLDS WINSTON-SALEM - William Neal Reynolds II died peacefully of natural causes on Wednesday, February 18th, 2009 at Wake Forest University Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, NC. Mr. Reynolds was born January 27th, 1940, in Winston-Salem, NC and raised at Devotion, NC and in Winston-Salem, NC. Mr. Reynolds is predeceased by his parents, Richard Joshua Reynolds, Jr. and Elizabeth McCaw Dillard Reynolds, and four brothers, Richard Joshua Reynolds III, John Dillard Reynolds, Zachary Taylor Reynolds, and Michael Randolph Reynolds. He is survived by his wife of forty years, Sandra Reid Reynolds of the home. Additional survivors include his daughter Brook Elizabeth Reynolds of Atlanta, GA, and his son William Noah Reynolds of Winston-Salem, NC. Other surviving relatives of Mr. Reynolds are his brother Patrick Cleveland Reynolds of Brentwood, CA, his sister Irene Sabina Reynolds of Emmetten, Switzerland, his nieces Lee Reynolds and Kathryn Reynolds, and his nephew John Reynolds. Mr. Reynolds was educated in public schools and graduated from NC State University with a degree in Engineering and Applied Mathematics in 1961. He served in the Coast Guard and was instrumental in founding Forsyth Country Day School in Lewisville, NC. He was a member of the NC Fisheries Commission and the Tanglewood Board, and also provided support for the students in the Neurology Department of the Bowman Gray School of Medicine at WFU Baptist Hospital by creating an award for outstanding achievement in neurology. His sincere love of nature was most profoundly expressed in his efforts to preserve the Mitchell River, which is one of the few remaining outstanding resource waters in NC, and in his creation of The Ecology Wildlife Foundation, whose mission is to promote ways for living in harmony with nature by supporting various NC charities that encourage environmental conservation and education. There will be a memorial service for family and close friends at The Reynolds Homestead in Critz, VA on Saturday, February 21st, at 2:00 p.m. with Pastor Lewis Devlin officiating. Mr. Reynolds loved his mountain home at Devotion, NC, where he taught his family to appreciate the truth and beauty of the natural world. In lieu of flowers and in honor of his love of nature, please consider making a donation in his name to one of the following charities: Dan River Basin Association, 413 Church St., Suite 401, Eden, NC 27288-3243; Carolinas Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation, "All for Carolinas Chapter", One Oak Plaza, Suite 308, Asheville, NC 28801; Director of Undergraduate & Graduate Programs, Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences Programs, NC State University, Campus Box 7646, Raleigh, NC 27695; or Surry Community College Foundation, 630 South Main St., Dobson, NC 27017-8432. Salem Funeral & Cremation Service is assisting the Reynolds family. Online condolences may be made through www.salemfh.com.

William married Living [Group Sheet]

Richard married Living [Group Sheet]

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http://www.freestateofpatrick.com/rjrh.htm

On July 20, 1853, a son was born to Hardin William and Nancy Jane Cox Reynolds at their home Rock Spring at the foot of No Business Mountain in the eastern section of Patrick County. Little could they realize what an impact this man would have on the world.
Two local traditions linger about the young man. In April 1865, he supposedly hid horses from the U. S. Cavalry under George Stoneman raiding in the last days of the Civil War. Another is in 1870 he attended Emory and Henry College, like Jeb Stuart twenty years earlier, but that Rufus James Woolwine apparently took his favorite girl from him and they married her.
The young man in question suffered from dyslexia and stammered. He had large appetites for work, women, gambling, and drink. He worked for his father as a salesman for the family tobacco business traveling through Tennessee, Kentucky and South Carolina saving his money for a future venture.
He needed a railroad hub for his business plans and since there was not one in Patrick County, he traveled to the nearest one. In 1874, he arrived in Winston, North Carolina with 5,000 dollars. Winston and Salem were separate towns then. He spent $388.50 for a hundred foot lot near railroad tracks to build a factory to manufacture chewing tobacco.
He married Mary Katherine Smith in 1905 and produced four children: Richard, Mary, Nancy and Zachary. When he died of cancer on July 29, 1918, his company had 121 buildings, ten thousand workers, made ten million dollars a year profit. He left an hundred million dollar estate including Reynolda House and Tanglewood. Virginia Tech operates his birthplace and seven hundred acres as the Reynolds Homestead.
Richard Joshua Reynolds is buried in the cemetery near Old Salem within site of the giant Wachovia building and the statue of himself as a young man coming from Patrick County to change the world.

Richard married Mary Katharine Smith 27 Feb 1905. Mary was born 17 Nov 1880, Mount Airy, North Carolina; died 23 May 1924, New York; was buried , Salem Cemetery, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

http://www.freestateofpatrick.com/rjrh.htm

On July 20, 1853, a son was born to Hardin William and Nancy Jane Cox Reynolds at their home Rock Spring at the foot of No Business Mountain in the eastern section of Patrick County. Little could they realize what an impact this man would have on the world.
Two local traditions linger about the young man. In April 1865, he supposedly hid horses from the U. S. Cavalry under George Stoneman raiding in the last days of the Civil War. Another is in 1870 he attended Emory and Henry College, like Jeb Stuart twenty years earlier, but that Rufus James Woolwine apparently took his favorite girl from him and they married her.
The young man in question suffered from dyslexia and stammered. He had large appetites for work, women, gambling, and drink. He worked for his father as a salesman for the family tobacco business traveling through Tennessee, Kentucky and South Carolina saving his money for a future venture.
He needed a railroad hub for his business plans and since there was not one in Patrick County, he traveled to the nearest one. In 1874, he arrived in Winston, North Carolina with 5,000 dollars. Winston and Salem were separate towns then. He spent $388.50 for a hundred foot lot near railroad tracks to build a factory to manufacture chewing tobacco.
He married Mary Katherine Smith in 1905 and produced four children: Richard, Mary, Nancy and Zachary. When he died of cancer on July 29, 1918, his company had 121 buildings, ten thousand workers, made ten million dollars a year profit. He left an hundred million dollar estate including Reynolda House and Tanglewood. Virginia Tech operates his birthplace and seven hundred acres as the Reynolds Homestead.
Richard Joshua Reynolds is buried in the cemetery near Old Salem within site of the giant Wachovia building and the statue of himself as a young man coming from Patrick County to change the world.

Notes:

http://www.freestateofpatrick.com/rjrh.htm

On July 20, 1853, a son was born to Hardin William and Nancy Jane Cox Reynolds at their home Rock Spring at the foot of No Business Mountain in the eastern section of Patrick County. Little could they realize what an impact this man would have on the world.
Two local traditions linger about the young man. In April 1865, he supposedly hid horses from the U. S. Cavalry under George Stoneman raiding in the last days of the Civil War. Another is in 1870 he attended Emory and Henry College, like Jeb Stuart twenty years earlier, but that Rufus James Woolwine apparently took his favorite girl from him and they married her.
The young man in question suffered from dyslexia and stammered. He had large appetites for work, women, gambling, and drink. He worked for his father as a salesman for the family tobacco business traveling through Tennessee, Kentucky and South Carolina saving his money for a future venture.
He needed a railroad hub for his business plans and since there was not one in Patrick County, he traveled to the nearest one. In 1874, he arrived in Winston, North Carolina with 5,000 dollars. Winston and Salem were separate towns then. He spent $388.50 for a hundred foot lot near railroad tracks to build a factory to manufacture chewing tobacco.
He married Mary Katherine Smith in 1905 and produced four children: Richard, Mary, Nancy and Zachary. When he died of cancer on July 29, 1918, his company had 121 buildings, ten thousand workers, made ten million dollars a year profit. He left an hundred million dollar estate including Reynolda House and Tanglewood. Virginia Tech operates his birthplace and seven hundred acres as the Reynolds Homestead.
Richard Joshua Reynolds is buried in the cemetery near Old Salem within site of the giant Wachovia building and the statue of himself as a young man coming from Patrick County to change the world.

Hardin married Nancy Jane Cox 26 Jan 1843, Stokes, North Caroline. Nancy was born 31 Mar 1825, Brown Mountain, Stokes Co., NC; died 7 Mar 1903, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; was buried , Salem Cemetery, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

http://www.freestateofpatrick.com/rjrh.htm

On July 20, 1853, a son was born to Hardin William and Nancy Jane Cox Reynolds at their home Rock Spring at the foot of No Business Mountain in the eastern section of Patrick County. Little could they realize what an impact this man would have on the world.
Two local traditions linger about the young man. In April 1865, he supposedly hid horses from the U. S. Cavalry under George Stoneman raiding in the last days of the Civil War. Another is in 1870 he attended Emory and Henry College, like Jeb Stuart twenty years earlier, but that Rufus James Woolwine apparently took his favorite girl from him and they married her.
The young man in question suffered from dyslexia and stammered. He had large appetites for work, women, gambling, and drink. He worked for his father as a salesman for the family tobacco business traveling through Tennessee, Kentucky and South Carolina saving his money for a future venture.
He needed a railroad hub for his business plans and since there was not one in Patrick County, he traveled to the nearest one. In 1874, he arrived in Winston, North Carolina with 5,000 dollars. Winston and Salem were separate towns then. He spent $388.50 for a hundred foot lot near railroad tracks to build a factory to manufacture chewing tobacco.
He married Mary Katherine Smith in 1905 and produced four children: Richard, Mary, Nancy and Zachary. When he died of cancer on July 29, 1918, his company had 121 buildings, ten thousand workers, made ten million dollars a year profit. He left an hundred million dollar estate including Reynolda House and Tanglewood. Virginia Tech operates his birthplace and seven hundred acres as the Reynolds Homestead.
Richard Joshua Reynolds is buried in the cemetery near Old Salem within site of the giant Wachovia building and the statue of himself as a young man coming from Patrick County to change the world.