Daniel Roger Reed

March 25, 1950 - October 6, 2021

Jennings: It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that the family of Mr. Daniel Roger Reed, of Jennings, LA, announces the unexpected loss of a beloved Husband, Father and Coach; who passed away on October 6, 2021. Danny was born in Ville Platte, LA to Joseph Reed and Jean Duos Reed on March 25, 1950. Coach Reed started his coaching career at his alma mater Holy Savior Menard High School and he served Jennings High School as the head baseball coach and assistant football coach. Over the 23 years of his coaching career, he coached multiple college athletes, professional athletes and won multiple state and district championships. He was a school administrator from 1994 to 2013. He served the Welsh community at Welsh Elementary for 4 years and his last 15 years as an assistant principal at Jennings High School. Throughout Coach Reed’s career as a coach, teacher, mentor and administrator he dedicated his time to the students of these communities. If you were to ask players and coaches who were part of his programs, you would hear more about what he taught them about life than about sports. He had a beautiful ability to bring out the best in every student and athlete he mentored. He never met a stranger and was a friend to everyone that he met. He loved his community and tried to see the good in every person and took pride in treating people the right way. He devoted his life to making an impact in the lives of those he met one act of kindness at a time. He loved visiting with his friends, former athletes, former students, and the coaches and administrators that he worked with throughout his career. He was an active parishioner of Our Lady Help of Christian Catholic Church and avid sportsman who enjoyed hunting and fishing. His greatest accomplishment in life was loving his family. Danny is survived by his beloved wife Becky Benoit Reed; his sons, David Reed and wife Stephanie of Jennings, LA and Matt Reed of New Orleans, LA; four grandchildren Ryan, Julianne, Mary Margaret and Caroline; Father Roger Reed; two brothers Archie Reed and his wife Jackie of Bossier City and Stephen Reed of Alexandria; three sisters Christine Maxwell and her husband Scotty of Baton Rouge, LA, Jennifer Lawrence and her husband Wynn, of Monroe, LA, and Vicki Durham and her husband Jay, of Alexandria, LA; and countless other relatives, friends, and former students mourning his loss. He is preceded in death by one granddaughter, Abby Christine Reed; his mother Jean D. Reed; grandmother Pearl Thibodeaux; paternal grandfather John Reed; and maternal grandparents Josine Duos and Isola Duos. Relatives and friends are invited to attend a Mass of Christian Burial held at Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Church on Monday, October 11, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. A Gathering of Family and Friends will be held at Matthews and Son Funeral Home in Jennings, LA on Sunday, October 10, 2021, from 2:00 PM until 9:00 PM; with a rosary recited at 6:00 PM. Visitation will reopen on Monday at 8:00 AM until Mass. Gentlemen selected to serve as pallbearers for Coach Reed will be Ronnie Oustalet, Ricky Edwards, Dale Leger, Mark Clawson, Ben Oustalet Jared Owen. Honorary pallbearers will be Archie Reed, Stephen Reed, and Nolan Clawson. To extend online condolences, please visit our website at www.mattshewsandsonfuneralhome.net Arrangements have been entrusted to Matthews & Son Funeral Home.