PASTOR Harry Reeder shared a heartbreaking post about his sister's death just hours before he tragically died in a car crash on Thursday morning.
Rev. Reeder, a senior pastor at Briarwood Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Alabama, was involved in a fatal collision involving a dump truck on Dunnavant Valley Road at around 10am.
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Birmingham police said the dump truck driver stopped to make a turn when Reeder’s 2022 Buick Envision crashed into the rear of the truck.
Rev. Reeder, 75, was pronounced dead on the scene, Shelby County Coroner Lina Evans said.
Hours before his untimely death, Reeder shared a heart-filled tribute to his sister, Vicki, who died in 2018.
"On this day 5 years ago the Lord unexpectedly yet in His perfect Providence brought home to glory my oldest sister and best friend Vicki," Rev. Reeder shared along with a series of childhood pictures of him and Vicki.
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"I miss her yet rejoice for her every day unstoppable love, wisdom loyalty and our daily phone calls and her contagious love for Christ, evangelism, Christ’s Church, her friends and her family. See you soon Sis!"
Briarwood Executive Pastor Bruce Stallings shared Rev. Reeder's death with congregants in a statement: "It is with a deeply heavy heart that I communicate to you that our Lord has called Pastor Reeder home through a car accident.
"Please pray for Cindy, Jennifer, Ike, Abby and their entire family as well as our staff and church family as we all grieve this tremendous loss together.
"But we do not grieve without hope because we know our pastor is with His Savior and has been received by grace with — ‘Well done My good and faithful servant.'"
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Reeder first arrived as a minister at Briarwood Presbyterian Church in 1982.
He became the church pastor in 1999 after taking over for longtime pastor and church founder Rev. Frank Barker.
The church, located in the southeast section of Birmingham, has more than 4,000 members.
