Obituaries

Mr. Reynolds served for 25 years with the CIA as operations, program and administration manager. After retiring, he worked for the CIA as an independent contractor in the Office of Signals Intelligence Operations and for the investigations staff in the Office of Inspector General until his death.

He was born in St. Joseph, Mo., and was a high school all-American in football, all-city in basketball and a track star. He played football at the University of Missouri until injuries ended his career. At college, he also was a member of ROTC and the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He graduated in 1955.

From 1955 to 1962, he was an Air Force intelligence officer and was stationed at the Sculthorpe air base in England for the first three years. He left the Air Force with the rank of major.

Mr. Reynolds lived in the Washington area for 43 years, 40 of those in the same house in Springfield.

His honors include the CIA Exceptional Accomplishment Award in 1982 and the CIA Intelligence Medal of Merit in 1987.

He was a member of the Northwest Federal Credit Union board of directors from 1986 until his death.

He coached basketball and soccer for the Annandale Boys Club and volunteered with the Ravensworth Farm Civic Association. He attended St. John's United Methodist Church in Springfield and most recently McLean Bible Church in Vienna.

Survivors include his wife of 51 years, Nancy Reynolds of Haymarket; four children, William Jeffrey Reynolds of Sarasota, Fla., Mark R. Reynolds of Springfield, Kerri A. Mulvey of Fairfax Station and Todd M. Reynolds of Purcellville; a brother, Robert T. Reynolds of Virginia Beach; a stepmother, Dorothy Reynolds of Springfield, Mo.; and nine grandchildren.

Paul R. FoutHorse Trainer

Paul Raymond Fout, 78, a thoroughbred-horse trainer based in Loudoun County, died Aug. 16 at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington after a stroke.

Among the horses Mr. Fout trained over the years was Colstar, a million-dollar stakes winner.

Mr. Fout was born in Syracuse, N.Y., the son of a horseman. He graduated from Syracuse University and settled in the Washington area in the late 1940s.

He showed horses for many years and ran an advertising agency specializing in thoroughbreds in Middleburg.

He was a board member of the Virginia Horseman's Benevolent and Protective Association and general manager of the Middleburg Spring Race Association, where he was a former chairman and president.

He designed the Alfred Hunt steeplechase course for the Middleburg Spring Races.

A daughter, Karen Fout, died in 1957.

Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Eve Prime Fout of Middleburg; three children, Virginia Fout of Los Angeles and Paul Douglas Fout and Nina Fout, both of Middleburg; a brother; and two grandchildren.