Dorothy Fields Reynolds

AIKEN – Mrs. Dorothy Fields Reynolds, 86, passed away Thursday, August 8, 2013 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. The family will receive friends from 12:30-1:30 PM Saturday at the funeral home. A graveside service will follow at 2:00 PM in Aiken Memorial Gardens with the Reverend Gerald Bledsoe officiating. Pallbearers will be Eric Dixon, David Dixon and Spence Cumming. Mrs. Reynolds was born in Aiken, a daughter of the late Otis and Ruby Fields. She was a member of Memorial Baptist Church, and spent much of her time caring for her granddaughter, Claudette Kimberly Bledsoe, who attended Tri-Development. She was a “Queen Bee” for the US Navy’s 64th Battalion during WWII. She was also a loving wife, mother and grandmother. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest Shaw Reynolds; granddaughter, Claudette Kimberly Bledsoe; and sister, Gloria Griffin. She is survived by her two daughters, Carolyn (Ramson) Bledsoe, Summerton, SC, Patricia (Jerry) Barrett, Aiken; grandchildren, Beth (Spence) Cumming, Gina (Chris) Waites, David Dixon, Eric (Ashleigh) Dixon; great grandchildren, Justin Waites, Davis R. Waites, Brady Waites, Olivia Dixon, Landyn Cumming, Clara Dixon; step grandchildren, Mary Ann Couvillon, Sara (Jeff) Mitchell, Louise (Travis) Murray, Jerold (Danielle) Barrett, Katie (Sean) Burkette, Andy (Stacie) Barrett; numerous step great grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Tri Development Center, P.O. Box 698, Aiken, SC 29802. SHELLHOUSE FUNERAL HOME, INC., 924 HAYNE AVE., AIKEN, SC Mrs. Reynolds' online guest book may be signed at www.shellhousefuneralhome.com To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Dorothy Fields Reynolds, please visit our flower store.