Alvin Reynolds

A funeral service for Alvin Rush Reynolds, 56, of Clinton, will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at the Clinton Indian Community Center. A traditional all night wake service will start at 7 p.m. Thursday, also in the Community Center.

Reynolds died on Monday, May 16, 2016, at the AllianceHealth Clinton emergency room.

Alvin Rush Reynolds (his Cheyenne name was Whitewolf) was born March 12, 1960, to Roger Reynolds and Janice (Old Crow- Prairie Chief) Reynolds, in Clinton. He was raised mostly in the Clinton area, but also lived and attended school in Phoenix, Ariz.  He was active in football during his junior year.  

His family returned to Oklahoma and settled in Clinton, but he commuted to Hammon, and graduated from the Hammon Institute of Southern Plains in 1980. He continued his education at Okmulgee Technical School for a short time.

Reynolds had various jobs through the years, but was employed with the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribal Housing Authority since 2011.

He was a proud member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma and was active during Sun Dance Rituals. Reynolds also enjoyed attending Cheyenne language classes, where he learned to speak the language more fluently.  He was very musically inclined. He played the guitar and loved listening to music from the fifties, sixties and seventies.  

Reynolds was preceded in death by his parents; his paternal grandparents, Charlie and Susie (Standingbird) Reynolds and John and Happy (Calf) Old Crow.

He is survived by his son, Michael Reynolds; three sisters, Angeline Lime, Barbara Reynolds and Jo Ann Reynolds, all of Clinton; three brothers, Toby Standingbird, of Albuquerque, N.M., and Tony Reynolds and Sheldon Reynolds Sr., both of Clinton.    

The services will be officiated by Eugene Blackbear, Paul Bear Track and Gerald Panana. Interment will be at Clinton Indian Cemetery under the direction of Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home.