Carthage Pastor Dale Reed
By Blake Holland | January 6, 2021 at 7:26 PM CST - Updated January 7 at 1:18 AM
CARTHAGE, Texas (KLTV) - An East Texas community is mourning the loss of a well-known pastor who died from complications related to COVID-19.
Dale Reed, 70, died Monday at a Tyler hospital. He was the longtime pastor of the Carthage Missionary Baptist Church and also served as the chaplain for the Carthage police and fire departments along with the Panola County Sheriff’s Office.
“Dale loved these people and they loved him. And they were never short of letting him know that,” said Reed’s widow, Joni.