Obituaries

Forrest P. ReynoldsMinister

Forrest P. Reynolds, 91, a retired United Methodist minister in Maryland, the District and West Virginia, died of a stroke Oct. 15 at Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital in Rocky Mount, Va. He lived in Annapolis from 1998 until moving to Rocky Mount this year.

The Rev. Reynolds was born in Martinsburg, W.Va., and received an undergraduate degree from American University in 1942 and a doctorate of divinity from Colgate Rochester Divinity School (now Colgate Rochester Crozier Divinity School) in 1944.

He began his career in the ministry in 1945 in Richwood, W.Va. He served the Rivera Beach Community United Methodist Church in Rivera Beach, from 1955 to 1965, the Ryland Epworth United Methodist Church in the District from 1965 to 1977 and the Pasadena United Methodist in Pasadena from 1978 to 1980. From 1980 until his retirement in 1982, he was the minister at the Memorial United Methodist Church in Silver Spring.

His son, Michael Reynolds, died in 2001.

Survivors include his wife of 64 years, Mary Hancock Reynolds of Rocky Mount; a sister; and two grandchildren.

Jeannette Finch WhitneyLegal Secretary

Jeannette Finch Whitney, 90, a legal secretary and church member, died Nov. 1 at her home at the Vantage House retirement community in Columbia. She had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Mrs. Whitney worked for 20 years as a legal secretary for the Navy and the Defense Department's Military Traffic Management Service. She retired in 1977.

She was born in Birmingham and came to Washington in 1935. She met her husband at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, where she sang in the choir, taught Sunday School and was a parent's club leader and deaconess.

The family lived in Arlington, were she was active in Scouts and school programs and on Wakefield High School's curriculum committee.

After retiring, she lived in Leisure World in Silver Spring and moved to Vantage House in 1991. She continued to help others after suffering a paralyzing stroke in 1998.

Her pastimes included reading, entertaining, bridge, travel and music. She also enjoyed baking and was known for her homemade sweet rolls.

Her husband, Maynard H. Whitney, died in 1991. A daughter, Cherry Whitney, died in 1996.

Survivors include four children, James M. Whitney of Williamsburg, Nancy W. Vickers of Hague, Va., Jane W. Winston of Pontotoc, Miss., and Gayle W. Weaver of Sanford, N.C.; a sister; eight grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.

Frank B. FarquharMerck Salesman

Frank Bernard Farquhar, 83, who from 1948 to 1986 did sales and marketing work in Southern Maryland for the drug maker Merck, died of cardiac arrest Nov. 8 at his home in Wilmington, N.C.

Mr. Farquhar was a native Washingtonian and a 1941 graduate of Gonzaga College High School. He was a Navy aviator in the Pacific during World War II and a 1948 graduate of Georgetown University.

He moved to Wilmington from Bethesda in 1989.

Survivors include his wife of 58 years, Mary Susan Caldwell Farquhar of Wilmington; a son, Gerald B. Farquhar of Marietta, Ga.; and a brother, Gerald W. Farquhar of Washington.

Arthur M. ScheidArmy Colonel

Arthur Mills Scheid, 95, an Army colonel who retired in 1966 as deputy assistant to the Army comptroller for fiscal policy and spent another seven years as a civilian in that job, died Oct. 23 at his home in McLean. He had cardiovascular disease.

Col. Scheid was an Arlington native and a graduate of Southeastern University law school.

He joined the Army in 1940 and spent many years in the Judge Advocate General's Corps. During the postwar years, he served on Gen. Douglas MacArthur's Far East Command and later was in the field judiciary.

His decorations included the Legion of Merit.

In retirement, he taught English to immigrants. He also enjoyed playing poker.

His wife, Polly Nolte Scheid, whom he married in 1943, died in 1999.

Survivors include two children, Christine Sloane of Oxford, Mich., and Richard Scheid of Northborough, Mass.; and four grandsons.