A "Pilot's Pilot", highly respected by all, loved and cherished by many. He was born in Daphne, Alabama in 1922. Received pilot's wings in U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. He became a civil aviation enthusiast after the war. He was recognized as a supreme acrobatic and instructor pilot. "Pop" groomed and refined many highly skilled, safe, acrobatic pilots, many of whom became well-known air show performers. He was very active in organizing public air shows in Alabama, Mississippi and Northwest Florida. He was a featured performer in more than 100 air shows. Mark Reynolds County Airport was named in his honor.