Jack Kile Reynolds D.D.S.

Dr. Jack Kile Reynolds, age 86, of Bel Air, passed away on Monday, October 24, 2016, after a short illness.

Jack Reynolds was born in Cumberland, MD on April 15, 1930, the son of Thomas and Lona Reynolds. He graduated from Allegheny High School in Cumberland, attended Mars Hill College in North Carolina, and received his DDS degree from the University of Maryland School of Dentistry in 1954. He joined the Army in 1955, and served in the Dental Clinic at Edgewood Arsenal. After discharge, he opened his dental office in Edgewood.

Jack Reynolds had been a dentist for forty nine years, treating generations of patients in Edgewood and Harford County. God gave him the gentle hands and gentle touch that endeared him to his dental patients, who remained in his care for years. He was the beloved patriarch of his family and a friend and mentor to many professional colleagues. He kept close to his childhood friends and schoolmates all his life, and he enjoyed annual pilgrimages to Florida to fish and visit with them. He had a passion for life and was the source of an enormous trove of lively anecdotes and stories. Strongly religious, he was a member and deacon of Edgewood Baptist Church for many years, and spent months in South America on missionary trips, providing dental treatment to poor families. Jack was active in the Edgewood community and served as President of the Edgewood Lions Club for a number of years.

He is predeceased by his wife, Nancy, his high school sweetheart whom he married in 1950. Additionally, he is predeceased by his former companion Betty Rorick. He is survived by his loving partner Margaret Himes, of Magnolia, a sister, Norma Evans, and five children; Linda Reynolds Wise, Steven Reynolds, Dr. Mark Reynolds, Dr. Sharon Reynolds Lundgren, and Karen Reynolds Schramek. Jack was the grandfather of eleven and a great-grandfather of seven.

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