Jonas Tilden Reynolds
and Rosabelle Short

Jonas Tilden Reynolds b 24 Jun 1881 Pinetop, KY d 4 Aug 1971 Prestonsburg, KY s/o Wesley Reynolds and Elizabeth Branham Smith. Jonas Tilden Reynolds m. 25 Feb 1902 to Rosabelle Short b: 3 MAY 1885 in Pippapass, KY d 24 Aug 1969 Prestonsburg, KY, d/o Henry C Short and Amanda Martin. Children of Jonas Tilden Reynolds and Rosabelle Short;

I. Narcissus Reynolds b: 30 APR 1906 d 9 Dec 1963.

II. Canton Reynolds b: 30 MAR 1903 Pippapass, KY d 24 Feb 1985 Hindman, Knott Co KY m. Della Thompson

III. Cevester Reynolds b: 1904 d 1973

IV. Landis Reynolds b: 23 JUL 1908 m. Marie Just

V. Amanda Reynolds

VI. McCoy Reynolds b: 23 SEP 1916 in Pippa Passes, KY d 25 Nov 1942 Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. Mccoy Reynolds was a hero in WWII and the battleship, USS McCoy Reynolds was named after him.

McCOY REYNOLDS
McCoy Reynolds, born 23 September 1916 in Pippapasses, Ky., enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve at Louisville, Ky., 23 January 1942. He was killed in action on Guadalcanal 25 November 1942 after boldly exposing himself to destroy a Japanese machine gun nest in fighting to defend Henderson Field, Guadalcanal. Private Reynolds was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for the conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity without regard for personal safety.

USS McCOY REYNOLDS (DE-440) was laid down by Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Newark, N.J., 18 November 1943; launched 22 February 1944; christened by Mrs. Tilden Reynolds (mother of McCoy Reynolds); and commissioned at Brooklyn Navy Yard 2 May 1944, Lt. Comdr. Edwin K. Winn in command.

VII. Raynor Reynolds b: 21 FEB 1920 in Pippa Passes, KY d 13 Oct 2003 Marquette, MI m. 17 Sept 1945 to Polly Pierson d 2002.

VIII. Elizabeth Vodessel Reynolds b: 21 AUG 1921 d 14 Jan 2001 buried Fountain Park Cemetery, Winchester, IN m. Orvis Earl "Jim" Venters.